Advanced technique for non-destructive testing of friction stir welding of metals

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1021-1030

  Rosado, Luis S ^a   Santos, Telmo G ^a,b   Piedade, Moisés ^a   Ramos, Pedro M ^a   Vilaça, Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eddy currents probe; Friction stir welding; Non destructive testing

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS PROBE; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ENGINEERING COMPANIES; INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SIGNAL GENERATION; STATE OF THE ART; SUPERFICIAL DEFECTS; TESTING RESULTS;

DEFECTS; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; EDDY CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; GAS WELDING; PROBES; SIGNAL GENERATORS; TRIBOLOGY;

FRICTION STIR WELDING;

EID: 77955338513     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2010.02.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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