A coupled electromagnetic and mechanical analysis of electromagnetic acoustic transducers

International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-133

  Thomas, S ^a   Obayya, S S A ^b   Taneja, R ^c   Balachandran, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c NDT Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer; Finite Element; Non Destructive Testing; Numerical Simulation; Ultrasonic Testing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

COUPLED PHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; EXCITATION CURRENTS; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL DISPLACEMENTS; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 61549102724     PISSN: 15502287     EISSN: 15502295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15502280802654938     Document Type: Article

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