Predicting acoustic emission attenuation in small steel blocks using a ray tracing technique

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 673-680

  El Shaib, M ^a   Reuben, R ^a   Lim, T ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission; Attenuation; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

AE SIGNALS; ATTENUATION; BULK WAVES; COMBINED SURFACE; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEASURED RESULTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; REAL STRUCTURE; SHAPE CHANGE; SIGNAL INTERPRETATION; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; SLIDING OR ROLLING; SOLID MODELLING; SOLID STEEL; SURFACE SIMULATIONS; TOTAL REFLECTION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; BLENDING; MACHINERY; RAY TRACING; SENSORS; SURFACE WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84871254163     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: 17544904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2012.54.12.673     Document Type: Article

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