Reference-free corrosion damage diagnosis in steel strands using guided ultrasonic waves

Ultrasonics

Volumn 57, Issue C, 2015, Pages 198-208

  Farhidzadeh, Alireza ^a   Salamone, Salvatore ^a  

^a University at Buffalo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Guided ultrasonic wave; Steel strand; Uncertainty analysis; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ACCELERATED CORROSION TESTS; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; DIAMETER MEASUREMENT; GUIDED ULTRASONIC WAVES; HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTIES; NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION METHODS; PRE-STRESSING STEELS; STEEL STRAND;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84927787195     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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