Microwave antenna sensors for fatigue crack monitoring under lap joints

ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 619-625

  Erdmann, Justin ^a   Deshmukh, Srikar ^a   Huang, Haying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

COMPRESSIVE FORCES; DESIGN FEATURES; FATIGUE CRACKS; LAP JOINT; LIGHT WEIGHT; LOW-PROFILE; MANUAL INSPECTION;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

EID: 84859535357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/smasis2010-3744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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