Detecting crack orientation using patch antenna sensors

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mohammad, I ^a   Gowda, V ^a   Zhai, H ^b   Huang, H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antenna sensor; crack orientation; electromagnetic simulation; patch antenna; wireless sensor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GROUNDS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SLOT ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA SENSORS; CRACK ORIENTATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; SENSOR FABRICATION; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ANALYSIS; SUB-MILLIMETER RESOLUTIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CRACK DETECTION;

EID: 84855412622     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/23/1/015102     Document Type: Article

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