An adaptive Morlet wavelet filter for time-of-flight estimation in ultrasonic damage assessment

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 570-585

  Chen, Hanxin ^a   Zuo, Ming J ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a   Hoseini, Mohammad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Damage assessment; Least mean square filter; Morlet wavelet; Time of flight; Ultrasonic; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE LINE ENHANCERS; CRACK SIGNALS; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; DIGITAL SIGNAL-PROCESSING METHOD; ENGINEERING MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH TEMPERATURE ALLOYS; LEAST MEAN SQUARE FILTER; LEAST MEAN SQUARES; LOADBEARING STRUCTURE; MORLET WAVELET; MORLET WAVELET FILTER; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; REMOVE NOISE; STEEL PLATES; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME OF FLIGHT ESTIMATION; ULTRASONIC NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; ULTRASONIC SIGNALS; ULTRASONIC TIME-OF-FLIGHT DIFFRACTION;

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; ADAPTIVE FILTERS; BRIDGES; CRACKS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING; LOAD TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POSITION CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EID: 76849112669     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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