Comparative study of nonlinear acoustic and Lamb wave techniques for fatigue crack detection in metallic structures

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 674-683

  Ryles, M ^a   Ngau, F H ^a   McDonald, I ^a   Staszewski, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack detection; Lamb waves; Metallic structures; Nonlinear acoustics; Piezoceramic transducers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CORRELATION METHODS; CRACKS; DAMAGE DETECTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; METALLIC SOAPS; MODULATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

FATIGUE CRACK DETECTION; LAMB WAVES; METALLIC STRUCTURES; NONLINEAR ACOUSTICS; PIEZOCERAMIC TRANSDUCERS;

CRACK DETECTION;

EID: 54249169709     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2008.01253.x     Document Type: Article

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