Advances in defect characterisation using long-range ultrasonic testing of pipes

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 480-484

  Catton, Phil ^a,b   Mudge, Peter ^b   Balachandran, Wamadeva ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C scan; Defect sizing; Focusing; Phased array; Signal processing; Ultrasonic guided wave

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT TESTING; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PIPE; PIPELINES; TESTING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

C-SCAN; CHARACTERISATION; CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITION; CORROSION; DEFECT SEVERITY; DEFECT SIZING; DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; FALSE NEGATIVES; FIELD CONDITIONS; FOCAL POSITIONS; FOCUSING; FOCUSING TECHNIQUE; GUIDED WAVE TESTING; GUIDED WAVES; PHASED ARRAY; PHASED ARRAYS; POST-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; RAPID SCREENING; SCREENING TESTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEP CHANGES; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVE; ULTRASONIC GUIDED WAVES;

DEFECTS;

EID: 52649143239     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2008.50.9.480     Document Type: Article

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