Ultrasonic guided waves for health monitoring of high-pressure composite tanks

NDT and E International

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 648-655

  Castaings, M ^a   Hosten, B ^a  

^a University Bordeaux I2M UMR CNRS 5295   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Complex structures; Guided waves; NDT

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INLET FLOW; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WINDING;

AGEING; CARBON-EPOXY COMPOSITE; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE COMPOSITES; MATERIAL STIFFNESS MODULI; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SIMULATING WAVEFORM; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 51449115005     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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