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The reflection of guided waves from simple dents in pipes

Shuyi Ma1, Zhanjun Wu2, Yishou Wang1

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.

Ultrasonics
|December 16, 2014
PubMed

Keywords:
Deformation rateDentPipe inspectionUltrasonic guided waves

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