Ice detection and classification on an aircraft wing with ultrasonic shear horizontal guided waves

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 334-344

  Gao, Huidong ^a   Rose, Joseph L ^b  

^a Research and Development Department of Innerspec Technologies   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ICINGS; AIRCRAFT WINGS; ALUMINUM PLATES; AVIATION SAFETIES; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; EXPERIMENT DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL SCHEMES; GLAZE ICES; ICE DETECTIONS; ICE FORMATIONS; ICE LAYERS; NEW MODELS; SHEAR HORIZONTAL GUIDED WAVES; THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS; UNIQUE FEATURES; WAVE DISPERSIONS; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SIGNALS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AIRFOILS; ALUMINA; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ICE; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 62349121783     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1042     Document Type: Article

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