Structural damage characterization through beamforming with phased arrays

Structural Health Monitoring 2003: From Diagnostics and Prognostics to Structural Health Management - Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, IWSHM 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 634-641

  Sundararaman, S ^a   Adams, D E ^a   Rigas, E J ^b  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TIME DELAY;

ADAPTIVE ARRAYS; ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUE; CONSTRAINT-BASED; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; SENSOR/ACTUATOR; STEEL PLATES; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 84944455247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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