Stereoscopic depth analysis by thermal wave transmission for nondestructive evaluation
- 15 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 42 (4) , 366-368
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93942
Abstract
Thermal wave transmission probing is used for nondestructive remote subsurface flaw detection in metal. It is shown that depth information of subsurface structure is obtained when two thermal wave sources are operated simultaneously in a stereoscopic arrangement.Keywords
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