Scattering of the fundamental torsional mode at an axial crack in a pipe

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 730-740

  Ratassepp, M ^a   Fletcher, S ^b   Lowe, M J S ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL CRACKS; AXIAL DEFECTS; CRACK LENGTH; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; IN-PIPE; NOTCH DEPTH; PIPE DIAMETER; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; THROUGH-THICKNESS CRACKS; TIME DOMAIN; TORSIONAL MODES;

CRACKS; PIPE; SCATTERING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

REFLECTION;

EID: 76349095558     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3277185     Document Type: Article

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