NDT of wind turbine blades using adapted ultrasonic and radiographic techniques

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 477-483

  Jasiuniene E ^a   Raisutis R ^a   Sliteris R ^a   Voleisis A ^a   Vladisauskas A ^a   Mitchard, D ^b   Amos, M ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Guided waves; Radiography; Ultrasonic; Wind turbine blade

Indexed keywords

AIR-COUPLED; DEFECT PROPERTY; GUIDED WAVES; IMMERSION TECHNIQUE; LAMB WAVE; MOVING CONTAINERS; PULSE ECHOES; RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; SHAPE AND SIZE; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; WIND TURBINE BLADE; WIND TURBINE BLADES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DEFECTS; ENGINES; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; TURBOMACHINE BLADES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 70449516742     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2009.51.9.477     Document Type: Article

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