Microwave and millimetre wave sensors for crack detection

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 695-713

  Zoughi, R ^a   Kharkovsky, S ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack; Microwaves; Millimetre waves; Open ended probes

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS; AIRCRAFT PLANTS; CRACK DETECTION; CRACK TIPS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FUSELAGES; IMAGE SENSORS; LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT); MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; POWER PLANTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; SENSOR NETWORKS; STEAM POWER PLANTS; STEEL BRIDGES;

AIRCRAFT FUSELAGES; COAXIAL PROBES; CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTS; DIMENSIONAL PROPERTIES; EVALUATING; FATIGUE CRACKS; LANDING GEARS; MILLIMETRE WAVES; NEAR-FIELD; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATIONS; OPEN-ENDED PROBES; PRACTICAL ISSUES; STEAM GENERATOR TUBINGS; SURFACE TRANSPORTATIONS; WAVE SENSORS;

CRACKS;

EID: 54249143198     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01255.x     Document Type: Review

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