OPTIMIZATION OF LAMB WAVE PROPAGATION PARAMETERS FOR DAMAGE DETECTION IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Ch. Ratnam (India), B. Satish Ben (India) and B. Avinash Ben (India)

Received March 6, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: Lamb wave, propagation parameters, damage detection, composites.