Detailed non-destructive evaluation of UHMWPE composites in the terahertz range

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 515-525

  Palka, N ^a   Miedzinska, D ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nondestructive testing; Terahertz imaging; Time domain spectroscopy; UHMWPE composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MODULATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TERAHERTZ WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; PERIODIC MODULATION OF THE REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFLECTION CONFIGURATION; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROFILES; TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPOSITES; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; REFRACTIVITY;

EID: 84895928856     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-013-9836-4     Document Type: Article

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