Design, fabrication, and testing of thin-film, surface-wave sensors for crack detection in complex geometry aerospace structures

Structural Health Monitoring 2007: Quantification, Validation, and Implementation - Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, IWSHM 2007

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 1056-1063

  Kuhr, S ^a   Blackshire, J L ^b   Martin, S A ^c   Na, J K ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c NDE Computational Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; ELASTIC WAVES; FABRICATION; GEOMETRY; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SURFACE WAVES; THIN FILMS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

AEROSPACE STRUCTURE; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FABRICATION METHOD; PIEZO-ELECTRIC STRUCTURES; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

EID: 84945175644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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