Simulation of ultrasonic lamb wave generation, propagation and detection for a reconfigurable air coupled scanner

Ultrasonics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 258-269

  Dobie, Gordon ^a   Spencer, Andrew ^b   Burnham, Kenneth ^a   Gareth Pierce, S ^a   Worden, Keith ^b   Galbraith, Walter ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air coupled; NDE; Robotic; Scanner; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; SCANNING; SURFACE WAVES; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

AIR-COUPLED; AIR-COUPLED ULTRASONIC; LOCAL INTERACTION SIMULATION APPROACHES; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; SCANNER; SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATIONS; SIMULATION; ULTRASONIC LAMB WAVES;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 78650953899     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2010.10.004     Document Type: Review

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