A noncontact ultrasonic platform for structural inspection

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2458-2468

  Dobie, Gordon ^a   Summan, Rahul ^a   Pierce, S Gareth ^a   Galbraith, Walter ^a   Hayward, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nondestructive evaluation (NDE); robotics; sensor platforms

Indexed keywords

AIR-COUPLED; AIR-COUPLED ULTRASOUNDS; ALUMINIUM SAMPLES; AUTOMATIC INSPECTION; CONSTANT FLOW; COUPLING FLUIDS; HARDWARE PLATFORM; MANUAL INSPECTION; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; NON-CONTACT; ROBOTIC INSPECTION; ROBOTIC VEHICLES; SENSOR MEASUREMENTS; SENSOR PLATFORMS; STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS; TEST SPECIMENS; ULTRASONIC INSPECTIONS;

FLEET OPERATIONS; INSPECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SAFETY TESTING; SENSORS; ULTRASONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 80051891323     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2138131     Document Type: Article

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