The reflection of the fundamental torsional mode from pit clusters in pipes

NDT and E International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-93

  Løvstad, Anders ^a   Cawley, Peter ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guided waves; Localised corrosion; Pit clusters; Superposition

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER MORPHOLOGY; CONVENTIONAL INSPECTION METHODS; CORROSION ATTACK; CORROSION MORPHOLOGY; DEEP PIT; IN-PIPE; LOCALISED CORROSION; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PIT CLUSTERS; PIT DEPTHS; RANDOM NUMBERS; SUPERPOSITION; TORSIONAL GUIDED WAVES; TORSIONAL MODES;

GAS INDUSTRY; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; MORPHOLOGY;

CORROSION;

EID: 83255163183     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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