Dr. Stephen G. Pierce Profile

Dr. Stephen G. Pierce

at Univ of Strathclyde

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Publications (29)

Proceedings Article | 9 September 2010 Paper

Frequency response of underwater ultrasonic transducers in the near field using polarimetric polarization maintaining fiber sensors

Abdeldjalil Bennecer, Michelle McGuire, Gordon M. H. Flockhart, S. Gareth Pierce, Gordon Hayward, Brian Culshaw

Proceedings Volume 7653, 76530S (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.866863

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Ultrasonics, Transducers, Polarimetry, Near field, Polarization maintaining fibers, Acoustics, Ferroelectric polymers, Fiber optics sensors, Ultrasonography

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Proceedings Article | 9 April 2010 Paper

Positioning challenges in reconfigurable semi-autonomous robotic NDE inspection

S. Gareth Pierce, Gordon Dobie, Rahul Summan, Liam Mackenzie, James Hensman, Keith Worden, Gordon Hayward

Proceedings Volume 7650, 76501C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847971

KEYWORDS: Inspection, Robots, Nondestructive evaluation, Robotics, Ultrasonics, Calibration, Visualization, Particle filters, Optical inspection, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2009 Paper

Direct monitoring of underwater ultrasonic transducers in the near field using fibre Bragg grating sensors

G. M. Flockhart, M. McGuire, S. Pierce, G. Thursby, G. Stewart, G. Hayward, B. Culshaw

Proceedings Volume 7503, 750331 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.835468

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Transducers, Sensors, Ultrasonics, Acoustics, Optical fibers, Near field, Ferroelectric polymers, Optical amplifiers, Wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 7 April 2009 Paper

CW laser generated ultrasound techniques for microstructure material properties evaluation

Graham Thursby, Brian Culshaw, Gareth Pierce, Alison Cleary, Campbell McKee, Istvan Veres

Proceedings Volume 7293, 72930Y (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816362

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonography, Signal detection, Modulation, Acoustics, Continuous wave operation, Signal processing, Aluminum, Optical amplifiers, Dispersion, Ultrasonics

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Proceedings Article | 16 May 2005 Paper

Optical technique for examining materials’ elastic properties

Borja Sorazu, Brian Culshaw, Gareth Pierce

Proceedings Volume 5758, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.600999

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Ultrasonics, Dispersion, Fourier transforms, Time-frequency analysis, Ultrasonography, Wave plates, Wave propagation, Temperature metrology, Phase velocity

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Proceedings Article | 9 June 2004 Paper

Optically noncontact extraction of the elastic properties of materials

Borja Sorazu, Brian Culshaw, Gareth Pierce, Pan Jun, Hee Park

Proceedings Volume 5502, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566630

KEYWORDS: Dispersion, Ultrasonography, Signal detection, Ultrasonics, Phase velocity, Wave propagation, Sensors, Mach-Zehnder interferometers, Signal processing, Particles

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2001 Paper

Generation and detection of broadband laser generated ultrasound from low-power laser sources

Kathryn Atherton, Brian Culshaw, Fengzhong Dong, Pan Jun, S. Gareth Pierce, Colin Swift

Proceedings Volume 4417, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.441302

KEYWORDS: Acoustics, Ultrasonics, Ultrasonography, Semiconductor lasers, Optical fibers, Modulation, Sensors, Wave propagation, Laser sources, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2001 Paper

Steerable ultrasonic source using low-power laser sources and fiber optic delivery

Colin Swift, S. Gareth Pierce, Brian Culshaw

Proceedings Volume 4327, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.436575

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Carbon, Aluminum, Phased arrays, Transducers, Fiber optics, Wave propagation, Nondestructive evaluation, Semiconductor lasers, Ultrasonography

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2001 Paper

Damage assessment in smart composite structures: the DAMASCOS program

S. Gareth Pierce, Fengzhong Dong, Kathryn Atherton, Brian Culshaw, Keith Worden, Graeme Manson, Thomas Monnier, Philippe Guy, Jean-Claude Baboux, J. Assad, Emmanuel Moulin, Sebastien Grondel, Christophe Delebarre, V. Agostini, Pier Delsanto, I. Genesio, E. Mino, Christian Boller

Proceedings Volume 4327, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.436534

KEYWORDS: Transducers, Wave propagation, Composites, Signal processing, Ultrasonics, Ferroelectric materials, Sensors, Wave plates, Associative arrays, Visualization

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2001 Paper

Integrating fiber optic sensor for ultrasonic flaw detection

Fengzhong Dong, Kathryn Atherton, S. Gareth Pierce, Kejiang Zhou, Colin Swift, Brian Culshaw

Proceedings Volume 4328, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.435524

KEYWORDS: Fiber optics sensors, Sensors, Ultrasonics, Nondestructive evaluation, Ultrasonography, Transducers, Interferometers, Modulators, Polarization, Wave plates

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2000 Paper

Measurement of in-plane and out-of-plane displacements for ultrasonic flaw detection

Fengzhong Dong, Kathryn Atherton, S. Gareth Pierce, Brian Culshaw

Proceedings Volume 4073, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.396415

KEYWORDS: Michelson interferometers, Interferometers, Ultrasonics, Signal detection, Optical fibers, Ultrasonography, Sensors, Mach-Zehnder interferometers, Fiber optics, Modulators

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Proceedings Article | 22 June 2000 Paper

Long-term stability of normal condition data for novelty detection

Graeme Manson, S. Gareth Pierce, Keith Worden, Thomas Monnier, Philippe Guy, Kathryn Atherton

Proceedings Volume 3985, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388835

KEYWORDS: Temperature metrology, Composites, Associative arrays, Diagnostics, Damage detection, Mahalanobis distance, Statistical analysis, Inspection, Visualization, Principal component analysis

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