Nondestructive evaluation of aircraft composites using reflective terahertz time domain spectroscopy

NDT and E International

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-115

  Stoik, Christopher ^a   Bohn, Matthew ^b   Blackshire, James ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Dielectric properties; Terahertz; Terahertz imagery; Time domain spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT COMPOSITES; BURN DAMAGES; FABRY-PEROT; FOURIER TECHNIQUES; GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES; INCIDENT PULSE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE IMAGING; REFLECTED PULSE; REFLECTION CONFIGURATION; REFLECTION GEOMETRY; RELATIVE AMPLITUDE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ IMAGERY; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; GLASS FIBERS; REFLECTION; SURFACE DEFECTS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 73449103515     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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