Embedded ultrasonic structural radar with piezoelectric wafer active sensors for the NDE of thin-wall structures

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 31-38

  Giurgiutiu, Victor ^a   Bao, Jingjing ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; CRACK DETECTION; ELASTIC WAVES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RADAR; SENSORS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

DETECTION ACCURACY; ELECTRONIC MODULES; EMBEDDED ULTRASONIC STRUCTURAL RADAR; HYBRID STRUCTURE; IN-SITU; LABVIEW; LAMB WAVE; LAMB WAVE GENERATION; METALLIC STRUCTURES; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; OMNIDIRECTIONALITY; OPTIMAL EXCITATION FREQUENCY; PHASED ARRAYS; PIEZOELECTRIC WAFER ACTIVE SENSORS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; THIN-WALL STRUCTURES; TIME OF FIGHTS; TRANSMISSION BEAMFORMING;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 78249254298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-33873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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