A phased array-based method for damage detection and localization in thin plates

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-15

  Malinowski, Pawel ^a   Wandowski, Tomasz ^a   Trendafilova, Irina ^c   Ostachowicz, Wieslaw ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FLUID FLOW MACHINERY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c GDYNIA MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Damage localization; Elastic waves; Phased array; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549094533     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921708090569     Document Type: Article

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