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Nondestructive testing (NDT) with surface waves is very sensitive to surface defects because the ultrasonic energy is concentrated in a small region at the surface of a specimen. The penetration depth of a surface wave is of the order of a wavelength [1].
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Deutsch, W.A.K., Cheng, A., Achenbach, J.D. (1997). Self-Focusing Surface Wave Array. In: Thompson, D.O., Chimenti, D.E. (eds) Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5947-4_271
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