Guided wave testing of an immersed gas pipeline

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 102-115

  Ledesma, V M Nuñez ^a   Baruch, E Pérez ^b   Demma, A ^c   Lowe, M J S ^d  

^a Servicios Marinos y Terrestres SA de CV   (Mexico)

^b PEMEX   (Mexico)

^c Guided Ultrasonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE CONTROL; GAS PIPELINES; INSPECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

CASE-STUDIES; CODE OF PRACTICE; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE; GUIDED WAVE TESTING; LOCALISED; LONG RANGE TESTING; ME-XICO; RATE MONITORING; WAVE SIGNAL;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 68649093256     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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