Lamb wave thickness measurement potential with angle beam and normal beam excitation

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 860-866

  Luo, Wei ^a   Rose, Joseph L ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Group velocity; Lamb wave; Peak frequency shift; Source influence; Thickness measurement

Indexed keywords

GROUP VELOCITY; LAMB WAVES; PEAK FREQUENCY SHIFTS; SOURCE INFLUENCE;

FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SHOCK WAVES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSDUCERS;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 5444259891     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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