Modeling angle beam ultrasonic testing using multi-Gaussian beams

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 81-93

  Kim, Hak Joon ^a   Park, Joon Soo ^b   Song, Sung Jin ^b   Schmerr Jr , Lester W ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Angel beam ultrasonic testing; Modeling; Multi Gaussian beam model

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; CRACKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STEEL; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; WELDS;

ANGLE BEAM ULTRASONIC TESTING; MULTI-GAUSSIAN BEAM MODEL; STEEL WELDED JOINTS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY FACTOR; ULTRASONIC WAVE FIELD;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 9244222709     PISSN: 01959298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JONE.0000048864.32407.d8     Document Type: Article

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