Enhancing the defect localization capability of a guided wave SHM system applied to a complex structure

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-259

  Clarke, T ^a   Cawley, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complex structures; guided waves; imaging; structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION METHOD; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; CURRENT SIGNAL; DEFECT LOCALIZATIONS; DEFECT LOCATION; DEFECT-FREE; GATE LOCATION; GUIDED WAVE; GUIDED WAVES; IMAGING; MULTIPLE IMAGE; SHADOWING EFFECTS; SHIPPING CONTAINERS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; TRANSDUCER ARRAY;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

DEFECTS;

EID: 79951642727     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921710373294     Document Type: Article

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