Original Article
  • Manufacturing Debonding Study of PVC/foam Core Sandwich Composite by Ultrasonic A-scan

  • Won Jong Jeong*, Sang Heon Yang*, Woo Cheol Jang**, YoungJin Shim***, Sang-Ha Hwang***, Hyung Doh Roh*, **†

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA
    ** BK21 Four ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University ERICA
    *** Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Center, Institute for Advanced Engineering (IAE)

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Correspondence to

  • Hyung Doh Roh

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA
    ** BK21 Four ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University ERICA

  • E-mail: rhd1213@hanyang.ac.kr