Output signal prediction of an open-ended rectangular waveguide probe when scanning cracks at a non-zero lift-off

NDT and E International

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Yadegari, A M ^a   Moini, R ^b   Sadeghi, S H H ^b   Mazlumi, F ^c  

^a IRAN TELECOMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c Civil Aviation Technology College   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crack; Lift off; Microwave; Modeling; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION TIME; DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY; ELECTRIC FIELD INTEGRAL EQUATION; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FRAME-WORK; LONG CRACKS; MODELING; MODELING TECHNIQUE; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OUTPUT SIGNAL; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; PROBE INTERACTION; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SIMULATION RESULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM;

CRACKS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLANGES; MICROWAVES; PROBES; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 70349472918     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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