Novel hydrophilic polymer couplant for application in ultrasonic non destructive testing

Ultrasonic Non Destructive Testing (NDT) is used to inspect materials and structures for defects. Water is commonly used in NDT as a couplant to improve ultrasonic transfer between an interrogating probe and test piece. Unfortunately, the presence of water can cause corrosion and/or degradation of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bourne, Simon James
Other Authors: Newborough, M.
Language:en
Published: Cranfield University 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1826/4454