Ultrasonic based method for damage identification in composite materials

International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-309

  Ben, B S ^a   Ben, B A ^b   Ratnam, Ch ^b   Yang, S H ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Damage detection; Lamb waves; Propagation parameters; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION; DAMAGE LOCATION; DIFFERENT DAMAGES; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; LAMB-WAVE PROPAGATION; MODE CONVERSIONS; OPTIMAL VALUES; PROPAGATION PARAMETERS; TEST SPECIMENS; ULTRASONIC PULSE; WAVE VECTOR;

PULSE GENERATORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; SURFACE WAVES; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

EID: 84871712097     PISSN: 15691713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10999-012-9196-4     Document Type: Article

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