2020

Kang, Lei, Feeney, Andrew and Dixon, Steve M. (2020) The high frequency flexural ultrasonic transducer for transmitting and receiving ultrasound in air. IEEE Sensors Journal . (In Press)

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Somerset, William and Dixon, Steve M. (2020) Venting in the comparative study of flexural ultrasonic transducers to improve resilience at elevated environmental pressure levels. IEEE Sensors Journal . p. 1. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2020.2974547 (In Press)

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Somerset, William E. and Dixon, Steve M. (2020) Measurement using flexural ultrasonic transducers in high pressure environments. In: International Congress on Ultrasonics , Bruges, Belgium , 03-06 Sep 2019 . Published in: Proceedings of meetings on acoustics , 38 ISSN 1939-800X. doi:10.1121/2.0001091

Xiang, L., Greenshields, David, Dixon, S. and Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) (2020) Phased electromagnetic acoustic transducer array for Rayleigh wave surface defect detection. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control . doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2020.2968151 (In Press)

2019

Kang, Lei, Feeney, Andrew, Somerset, William and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Wideband electromagnetic dynamic acoustic transducer as a standard acoustic source for air-coupled ultrasonic sensors. In: 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Glasgow, 6-9 Oct 2019. Published in: 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) ISBN 9781728145969. ISSN 1948-5727. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8926271

Kang, Lei, Feeney, Andrew, Somerset, William, Su, Riliang, Lines, David A., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) A novel mathematical model for transit-time ultrasonic flow measurement. In: 2019 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Glasgow, 6-9 Oct 2019 doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2019.8925693

Kubrusly, Alan C., von der Weid, Jean Pierre and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Experimental and numerical investigation of the interaction of the first four SH guided wave modes with symmetric and non-symmetric discontinuities in plates. NDT & E International, 108 . 102175. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2019.102175

Li, Zhichao, Hughes, Foz, Kerr, Noel, Wilson, Richard and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Liquid flow measurement using silicone polymer wedge clamp-on ultrasonic transducers. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement . p. 1. doi:10.1109/TIM.2019.2954235

Kang, Lei, Feeney, Andrew, Su, Riliang, Lines, David A., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal, Rowlands, George and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Flow velocity measurement using a spatial averaging method with two-dimensional flexural ultrasonic array technology. Sensors, 19 (21). 4786. doi:10.3390/s19214786

Thring, Claire B., Hill, Stephen, Dixon, Steve M. and Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) (2019) The effect of EMAT coil geometry on the Rayleigh wave frequency behaviour. Ultrasonics, 99 . 105945. doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2019.06.007

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Somerset, William and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) The influence of air pressure on the dynamics of flexural ultrasonic transducers. Sensors, 19 (21). pp. 1-16. 4710. doi:10.3390/s19214710

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Rowlands, George, Zhou, Leiqing and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Dynamic nonlinearity in Piezoelectric flexural ultrasonic transducers. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19 (15). pp. 6056-6066. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2019.2911158

Hughes, R. and Dixon, S. (2019) Performance analysis of single-frequency near electrical resonance signal enhancement (SF-NERSE) defect detection. NDT & E International, 102 . pp. 96-103. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2018.11.008

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Rowlands , George and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) The nonlinear dynamics of flexural ultrasonic transducers. In: 2019 International Congress on Ultrasonics, Bruges, Belgium, 3-6 Sep 2019. Published in: Proceedings of meetings on acoustics (ICU), 38 ISSN 1939-800X. doi:10.1121/2.0001095

Kubrusly, Alan C., Freitas, Miguel A., von der Weid, Jean Pierre and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Interaction of SH guided waves with wall thinning. NDT & E International, 101 . pp. 94-103. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2018.10.007

Ren, Weiping, Xu, Ke, Dixon, Steve M. and Zhang, Chu (2019) A study of magnetostriction mechanism of EMAT on low-carbon steel at high temperature. NDT & E International, 101 . pp. 34-43. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2018.10.001

Ren, Weiping, Xu, Ke, Dixon, Steve M. and Zhang, Chu (2019) A study of magnetostriction mechanism of EMAT on low-carbon steel at high temperature. NDT & E International, 101 . pp. 34-43. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2018.10.001

Kubrusly, Alan C., Freitas, Miguel A., von der Weid, Jean Pierre and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Interaction of SH guided waves with wall thinning. NDT & E International, 101 . pp. 94-103. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2018.10.007

Kang, Lei, Feeney, Andrew and Dixon, Steve M. (2019) Wideband electromagnetic dynamic acoustic transducers (WEMDATs) for air-coupled ultrasonic applications. Applied Physics Letters, 114 (5). 053505. doi:10.1063/1.5086383

2018

Kubrusly, Alan C., Freitas, Miguel A., von der Weid, Jean Pierre and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) Dataset on reflection and transmission coefficients of ultrasonic shear horizontal guided waves in plates with wall thinning. Data in Brief, 21 . pp. 2179-2191. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.053

Tkocz, Jozef, Greenshields, David and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) High power phased EMAT arrays for nondestructive testing of as-cast steel. NDT & E International . doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2018.11.001 (In Press)

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) High frequency measurement of ultrasound using flexural ultrasonic transducers. IEEE Sensors Journal, 18 (13). 5238 -5244. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2018.2835146

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) High-Frequency Measurement of Ultrasound Using Flexural Ultrasonic Transducers. IEEE Sensors Journal, 18 (13). pp. 5238-5244. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2018.2835146

Kubrusly, Alan C., Freitas, Miguel A., von der Weid, Jean Pierre and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) Mode selectivity of SH guided waves by dual excitation and reception applied to mode conversion analysis. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 65 (7). 1239 -1249. doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2018.2835299

Hughes, Robert R. and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) Analysis of electrical resonance distortion for inductive sensing applications. IEEE Sensors Journal . doi:10.1109/JSEN.2018.2841506

Ren, Weiping, He, Jianpeng, Dixon, Steve M. and Xu, Ke (2018) Enhancement of EMAT’s efficiency by using silicon steel laminations back-plate. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 274 . pp. 189-198. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2018.03.010

Kang, Lei, Feeney, Andrew and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) Flow measurement based on two-dimensional flexural ultrasonic phased arrays. Meetings on Acoustics. Proceedings, 32 (1). 045012. doi:10.1121/2.0000708

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) HiFFUTs for high temperature ultrasound. In: International Congress on Ultrasonics (ICU, 18-20 Dec 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii. Published in: Proceedings of meetings on acoustics (ICU), 32 (1). ISSN 1939-800X. doi:10.1121/2.0000685

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Rowlands, G. (George) and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) The dynamic performance of flexural ultrasonic transducers. Sensors, 18 (1). 270. doi:10.3390/s18010270

Kang, Lei, Feeney, Andrew and Dixon, Steve M. (2018) Analysis of influence of inconsistent performances of array elements on flexural ultrasonic phased array for measurement of ultrasound in fluids. In: 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Kobe, Japan, 22-25 Oct 2018. Published in: 2018 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) pp. 1-4. ISBN 9781538634257. ISSN 1948-5727. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2018.8580009

2017

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei and Dixon, Steve M. (2017) Nonlinearity in the dynamic response of flexural ultrasonic transducers. IEEE Sensors Letters, 2 (1). pp. 1-4. doi:10.1109/LSENS.2017.2779183

Li, Zhichao, Jarvis, Rollo, Nagy, Peter B., Dixon, Steve M. and Cawley, Peter (2017) Experimental and simulation methods to study the Magnetic Tomography Method (MTM) for pipe defect detection. NDT & E International, 92 . pp. 59-66. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2017.07.018

Li, Zhichao, Dixon, Steve M., Cawley, Peter, Jarvis, Rollo, Nagy, Peter B. and Cabeza, Sandra (2017) Experimental studies of the magneto-mechanical memory (MMM) technique using permanently installed magnetic sensor arrays. NDT & E International, 92 . pp. 136-148. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2017.07.019

Kang, Lei, Feeney, Andrew, Su, Riliang, Lines, David, Jäger, Axel, Wang, Han, Arnaudov, Yavor Emilov, Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal, Kupnik, Mario and Dixon, Steve M. (2017) Two-dimensional flexural ultrasonic phased array for flow measurement. In: 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Washington, DC, USA, 6-9 Sep 2017. Published in: 2017 IEEE International : Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) ISSN 1948-5727. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092220

Dixon, Steve M., Kang, Lei, Ginestier, Michael, Wells, Christopher, Rowlands, G. (George) and Feeney, Andrew (2017) The electro-mechanical behaviour of flexural ultrasonic transducers. Applied Physics Letters, 110 (22). 223502. doi:10.1063/1.4984239

He, Jianpeng, Dixon, Steve M., Hill, Samuel Joseph and Xu, Ke (2017) A new electromagnetic acoustic transducer design for generating and receiving S0 lamb waves in ferromagnetic steel plate. Sensors, 17 (5). 1023. doi:10.3390/s17051023

Feeney, Andrew, Kang, Lei, Rowlands, G. (George) and Dixon, Steve M. (2017) Dynamic characteristics of flexural ultrasonic transducers. In: 2017 ICU Honolulu. Sixth International Congress on Ultrasonics, Honolulu, Hawaii, 18-20 Dec 2017. Published in: Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 32 (1). ISSN 1939-800X. doi:10.1121/2.0000684

Clough, Matthew, Fleming, Matthew and Dixon, Steve M. (2017) Circumferential guided wave EMAT system for pipeline screening using shear horizontal ultrasound. NDT & E International, 86 . pp. 20-27. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2016.11.010

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel Sian), Trushkevych, Oksana, Eriksson, Tobias J. R., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, Steve M. (2017) Ultrasound visualization using polymer dispersed liquid crystal sensors. In: 43rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Atlanta, GA, USA, 17-22 Jul 2016. Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings, 1806 (1). 020021. ISBN 9780735414747. ISSN 0094-243X.

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, Steve M. (2017) Mode mixing in shear horizontal ultrasonic guided waves. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 32 (2). pp. 113-132. doi:10.1080/10589759.2016.1184268

2016

Hughes, F., Day, R., Tung, N. and Dixon, Steve M. (2016) High-frequency eddy current measurements using sensor-mounted electronics. Insight- Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring, 58 (11). pp. 596-600. doi:10.1784/insi.2016.58.11.596

Li, Zhichao and Dixon, Steve M. (2016) A closed-loop operation to improve GMR sensor accuracy. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16 (15). pp. 6003-6007. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2016.2580742

Eriksson, Tobias J. R., Laws, Michael R., Kang, Lei, Fan, Yichao, Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, Steve M. (2016) Experimental evaluation of three designs of electrodynamic flexural transducers. Sensors, 16 (9). 1363. doi:10.3390/s16091363

Eriksson, Tobias J. R., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, Steve M. (2016) Experimental and simulation characterisation of flexural vibration modes in unimorph ultrasound transducers. Ultrasonics, 65 . pp. 242-248. doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2015.09.018

2015

Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal, Hunter, Michael, Thornby, John Albert, Purssell, C. P., Leigh, Simon J. and Dixon, Steve M. (2015) Additive manufacture of impedance matching layers for air-coupled ultrasonic transducers. In: 2015 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium , Taipei, Taiwan, 21-24 Oct 2015 pp. 1-4. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2015.0367

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, Steve M. (2015) Weld defect detection using PPM EMAT generated shear horizontal ultrasound. NDT & E International, Volume 74 . pp. 58-65. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2015.05.005

Trushkevych, Oksana, Eriksson, Tobias J. R., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal, Dixon, Steve M. and Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) (2015) Ultrasound sensing using the acousto-optic effect in polymer dispersed liquid crystals. Applied physics letters, 107 (5). 054102 . doi:10.1063/1.4928390

2014

Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), Fan, Yichao and Dixon, Steve M. (2014) High temperature thickness measurements of stainless steel and low carbon steel using electromagnetic acoustic transducers. NDT & E International, Volume 68 . pp. 73-77. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.07.009

Hill, Samuel Joseph and Dixon, Steve M. (2014) Localisation of defects with time and frequency measurements using pulsed arrays. NDT & E International, Volume 67 . pp. 24-30. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.06.008

Hughes, R. (Robert), Fan, Yichao and Dixon, Steve M. (2014) Near electrical resonance signal enhancement (NERSE) in eddy-current crack detection. NDT & E International, Volume 66 . pp. 82-89. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.04.009

Petcher, P. A., Potter, M. D. G. and Dixon, Steve M. (2014) A new electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) design for operation on rail. NDT & E International, Volume 65 . pp. 1-7. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.03.007

Petcher, P. A., Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.) and Dixon, Steve M. (2014) Shear horizontal (SH) ultrasound wave propagation around smooth corners. Ultrasonics, Volume 54 (Number 4). pp. 997-1004. doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2013.11.011

Hill, Samuel Joseph and Dixon, S. (2014) Frequency dependent directivity of periodic permanent magnet electromagnetic acoustic transducers. NDT & E International, Volume 62 . pp. 137-143. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2013.12.009

Hughes, R. (Robert) and Dixon, S. (2014) Eddy-current crack detection at frequencies approaching electrical resonance. In: 40th review of progress in quantitative nondestructive evaluation : Incorporating the 10th international conference on Barkhausen noise and micromagnetic testing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 21–26 July 2013. Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings, 1581 pp. 1366-1373. ISBN 978735412118. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.4864980

Hill, Samuel Joseph and Dixon, S. (2014) Using a pulsed array to determine the position of a defect. In: 40TH Annual Review of Progress in Quantitive Nondestructive Evaluation : Incorporating the 10th International Conference on Barkhausen Noise and Micromagnetic Testing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 21–26 Jul 2013. Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1581 pp. 80-87. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.4864805

2013

Baro, Jordi, Dixon, S., Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Fan, Yichao, Keeble, Dean Samuel, Mañosa, Lluís, Planes, Antoni and Vives, Eduard (2013) Simultaneous detection of the acoustic emission and Barkhausen noise during the martensitic transition of a NiMnGa magnetic shape-memory alloy. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), Volume 88 . Article number 174108.

Dixon, S., Hill, Samuel Joseph, Fan, Yichao and Rowlands, G. (George) (2013) The wave-field from an array of periodic emitters driven simultaneously by a broadband pulse. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Volume 133 (Number 6). Article number 3692. doi:10.1121/1.4802648

Palmer, Stuart B., Hill, Steven M. (Mark), Rowlands, G. (George) and Dixon, S. (2013) An ultrasonic wave-front with propagation direction dependent frequency. In: Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2013, San Diego, USA, 10 Mar 2013. Published in: SPIE Proceedings, Volume 8694 Article number 86941S. ISSN 0277-786X. doi:10.1117/12.2014314

Kang, Lei, Dixon, S., Wang, Kaican and Dai, Jingmin (2013) Enhancement of signal amplitude of surface wave EMATs based on 3-D simulation analysis and orthogonal test method. NDT & E International, Volume 59 . pp. 11-17. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2013.05.003

Laws, Michael R., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, S. (2013) Thermal studies of a plate bundle waveguide for use as an ultrasonic flow meter buffer. In: 2013 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-25 Jul 2013 pp. 1618-1621. ISBN 9781467356848. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0412

Dixon, S., Petcher, P. A., Fan, Yichao, Maisey, D. and Nickolds, Piers (2013) Ultrasonic metal sheet thickness measurement without prior wave speed calibration. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Volume 46 (Number 44). Article number 445502. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/46/44/445502

Laws, Michael R., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, S. (2013) A plate waveguide design for ultrasonic flow measurements in hostile environments. In: Review of progress in quantitive nondestructive evaluation, Denver, Colorado, USA, 15-20 Jul 2012. Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1511 (Number 1512). pp. 1512-1517. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.4789221

2012

Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), McAughey, Kevin L., Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) and Dixon, S. (2012) Sol–gel prepared bismuth titanate for high temperature ultrasound transducers. RSC Advances , Volume 2 (Number 9). pp. 3678-3683. doi:10.1039/c2ra20243c

Burrows, Susan, Dutton, B. (Ben) and Dixon, S. (2012) Laser generation of lamb waves for defect detection : experimental methods and finite element modeling. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Vol.59 (No.1). pp. 82-89. doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2158

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, S. (2012) Parabola detection using matched filtering for ultrasound B-scans. Ultrasonics, Vol.52 (No.1). pp. 138-144. doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2011.07.006

Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), McAughey, Kevin L., Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) and Dixon, S. (2012) High temperature thickness measurements using a bismuth titanate piezoelectric transducer. In: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Burlington, VT, 17-22 Jul 2012. Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1430 (Number 31). pp. 979-985. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.4716329

Palmer, Stuart B., Dixon, S. and Petcher, P. A. (2012) Obtaining more information from time-of-flight-diffraction measurements. In: Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2012, San Diego, CA, 12-15 Mar 2012. Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol.8347 83470Z-83470Z. ISSN 0277-786X. doi:10.1117/12.913605

Hillier, S. J. and Dixon, S. (2012) Pulsed arrays : a new method of flaw detection by generating a frequency dependent angle of propagation. In: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Burlington, VT, 17th-22nd July 2011. Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1430 (Number 31). pp. 913-920. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.4716321

Dixon, S., Harrison, T., Fan, Yichao and Petcher, P. A. (2012) Thermoelastic laser generated ultrasound using a ring source. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol.45 (No.17). Article no. 175103. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/45/17/175103

Laws, Michael R., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, Steve M. (2012) A plate waveguide design for ultrasonic flow measurements in hostile environments. In: 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Dresden, Germany, 7-10 Oct 2012. Published in: 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) pp. 1718-1721. ISSN 1948-5719. doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0431

2011

Dixon, S. (2011) Comment. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, Vol.53 (No.11). p. 590.

Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), Dixon, S., Pickering, S. G., Li, T. (Teng) and Almond, Darryl (2011) Thermographic detection of surface breaking defects using a scanning laser source. NDT & E International, Vol.44 (No.7). pp. 589-596. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2011.06.001

Almond, Darryl, Weekes, B., Li, Teng, Pickering, S. G., Kostson, E., Wilson, J., Tian, G. Y., Dixon, S. and Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.) (2011) Thermographic techniques for the detection of cracks in metallic components. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, Vol.53 (No.11). pp. 614-620. doi:10.1784/insi.2011.53.11.614

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, S. (2011) Time of flight diffraction and imaging (TOFDI) combining B- scans and cross-sectional imaging. AIP Conference Proceedings . pp. 744-751. doi:10.1063/1.3591923

Vives, Eduard, Soto Parra, Daniel Enrique, Planes, Antoni, Mañosa, Lluís, Romero, Ricardo, Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) and Dixon, S. (2011) Acoustic emission avalanches in Martensitic Transitions : new perspectives for the problem of source location. In: Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials (PTM), Avignon, France, 6-10 June 2010. Published in: Solid State Phenomena, Vol.172-174 pp. 144-149. ISSN 1662-9779. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.172-174.144

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, S. (2011) Non-contact position tracking using phase correlation of sample images for NDT applications. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, Vol.53 (No.4). pp. 185-192. doi:10.1784/insi.2011.53.4.185

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, S. (2011) A modified Hough transform for removal of direct and reflected surface waves from B-scans. NDT & E International, Vol.44 (No.2). pp. 139-144. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2010.11.004

Hernandez-Valle, Francisco and Dixon, S. (2011) Pulsed electromagnet EMAT for ultrasonic measurements at elevated temperatures. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, Vol.53 (No.2). pp. 96-99. doi:10.1784/insi.2011.53.2.96

Dixon, S., Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), Dutton, B. (Ben) and Fan, Yichao (2011) Detection of cracks in metal sheets using pulsed laser generated ultrasound and EMAT detection. Ultrasonics, Vol.51 (No.1). pp. 7-16. doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2010.05.002

Vives, Eduard, Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Dixon, S., Mañosa, Lluís, Planes, Antoni and Roméro, Ricardo (2011) Temperature contour maps at the strain-induced martensitic transition of a Cu–Zn–Al shape-memory single crystal. Applied Physics Letters, Vol.98 (No.1). 011902. doi:10.1063/1.3533403

Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.) and Dixon, S. (2011) Defect detection using a scanning laser source. AIP Conference Proceedings , Vols.30A, 30B (Vol.1335). pp. 249-256. doi:10.1063/1.3591863

Palmer, Stuart B., Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.) and Dixon, S. (2011) Detection of surface breaking cracks using thermographic and non-contact ultrasonic methods. In: Conference on Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, San Diego, CA , 07-10 Mar 2011. Published in: Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.7983 79831V-79831V. ISSN 0277-786X. doi:10.1117/12.881198

2010

Dixon, S., Harrison, T. J. and Petcher, P. A. (2010) Phase changes of ultrasonic bulk waves through focusing measured using a non-contact ultrasonic method. Applied Physics Letters, Vol.97 (No.5). 054101. doi:10.1063/1.3475926

Hernandez-Valle, Francisco and Dixon, S. (2010) Initial tests for designing a high temperature EMAT with pulsed electromagnet. NDT & E International, Vol.43 (No.2). pp. 171-175. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.10.009

Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), Dixon, S., Li, T. and Almond, Darryl (2010) Combined thermography and noncontact ultrasound inspection techniques using pulsed laser excitation. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.1211). pp. 510-517. doi:10.1063/1.3362437

Hernandez-Valle, Francisco and Dixon, S. (2010) Pulsed electromagnet EMAT for high temperatures. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol.1211 . pp. 957-963. doi:10.1063/1.3362535

2009

Sutcliffe, P. (Paul), Dixon, S., Akehurst, R. L., Wilkinson, A., Shippam, A., White, S., Richards, R. and Caddy, C. M. (2009) Evaluation of surgical procedures for sex reassignment : a systematic review. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, Vol.62 (No.3). pp. 294-306. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2007.12.009

Essex, S. D., Potter, M. D. G. and Dixon, S. (2009) Calculation of elastic anisotropy using EMATs validated by EBSD in rolled aluminium sheet. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.1096). pp. 1727-1734. doi:10.1063/1.3114167

Dixon, S. (2009) Editorial. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol.24 (No.1-2). p. 1. doi:10.1080/10589750802607901

Hernandez-Valle, Francisco and Dixon, S. (2009) Preliminary tests to design an EMAT with pulsed electromagnet for high temperature. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.1096). pp. 936-941. doi:10.1063/1.3114358

Essex, S. D., Potter, M. D. G., Vann, R. G. L. and Dixon, S. (2009) Utilizing EBSD to validate and understand NDE techniques. In: 35th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL, July 20-25, 2008. Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol.1096 pp. 1224-1231. ISBN 978-0-7354-0629-2. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.3114095

Essex, S. D., Potter, M. D. G., Vann, R. G. L. and Dixon, S. (2009) Utilizing EBSD to validate and understand NDE techniques. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.1096). pp. 1224-1231. doi:10.1063/1.3114095

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, S. (2009) Wideband ultrasonic time of flight diffraction combining B-scans and cross-sectional imaging. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.1096). pp. 650-657. doi:10.1063/1.3114317

2008

Dixon, S., Fletcher, M. P. and Rowlands, G. (George) (2008) The accuracy of acoustic birefringence shear wave measurements in sheet metal. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.104 (No.11). p. 114901. doi:10.1063/1.3033395

Jian, X., Dixon, S., Quirk, K. and Grattan, K. T. V. (2008) Electromagnetic acoustic transducers for in- and out-of plane ultrasonic wave detection. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol.148 (No.1). pp. 51-56. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2008.07.004

Davis, Claire, Mukhopadhyay, P., Strangwood, Martin, Potter, M. D. G., Dixon, S. and Morris, P. F. (2008) Comparison between elastic modulus and ultrasonic velocity anisotropy with respect to rolling direction in steels. Ironmaking & Steelmaking, Vol.35 (No.5). pp. 359-366. doi:10.1179/174328108X271529

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Sophian, A., Dixon, S. and Tian, G. Y. (2008) Data fusion for defect characterisation using a dual probe system. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol.144 (No.1). pp. 222-228. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2007.12.020

Dixon, S., Faghih Nasiri, F., Ledger, W. L., Lenton, E. A., Duenas, A., Sutcliffe, P. (Paul) and Chilcott, J. B. (2008) Cost-effectiveness analysis of different embryo transfer strategies in England. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vol.115 (No.6). pp. 758-766. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01667.x

Dixon, S., Cann, B., Carroll, Donna L., Fan, Y. and Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) (2008) Non-linear enhancement of laser generated ultrasonic Rayleigh waves by cracks. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol.23 (No.1). pp. 25-34. doi:10.1080/10589750701550640

Davis, Claire, Strangwood, Martin, Potter, M. D. G., Dixon, S. and Morris, P. F. (2008) Prediction of elastic modulus plus anisotropy using X-ray and electron backscattered diffraction texture quantification and ultrasonic (Electromagnetic acoustic transducer) measurements in aluminum sheets. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A - Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol.39A (No.3). pp. 679-687. doi:10.1007/s11661-007-9439-4

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Dixon, S., Fan, Yichao and Jian, X. (2008) EMAT measurements of in- and out-of-plane ultrasonic signals. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.975). pp. 841-848. doi:10.1063/1.2902751

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Fan, Yichao, Papaelias, M., Dixon, Steve M., Davis, Claire and Roberts, Clive (2008) Ultrasonic detection of surface-breaking railhead defects. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol.975 (No.1). pp. 602-609. doi:10.1063/1.2902716

Fletcher, M. P., Dixon, S. and Rowlands, G. (George) (2008) Analytical examination of temporal and frequency domain interference due to acoustic birefringence in thin sheets using electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs). In: 34th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Golden, CO, Jul 22-27, 2007. Published in: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 975 pp. 828-834. ISBN 978-0-7354-0494-6. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.2902749

Palmer, Stuart B., Essex, S., Potter, M. D. G. and Dixon, S. (2008) Determination of crystallographic texture in metal sheets using ultrasound and EBSD. In: Conference on Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2008, San Diego, CA, Mar 11-13, 2008. Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 6934 F9340. ISBN 978-0-8194-7120-8. ISSN 0277-786X.

Fan, Yichao, Dixon, S. and Ran, Xiaoming (2008) Lift-off performance of ferrite enhanced generation EMATs. In: 34th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Golden, CO, Jul 22-27, 2007. Published in: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 975 pp. 835-840. ISBN 978-0-7354-0494-6. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.2902750

Essex, S. D., Potter, M. D. G., Dobedoe, R. S. and Dixon, S. (2008) Ultrasonic characterization of effective elastic constants and texture in aluminium correlated with EBSD. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.975). pp. 1176-1183. doi:10.1063/1.2902566

Morrison, J., Dixon, S., Potter, M. D. G. and Davis, Claire (2008) The correspondence between elastic and plastic anisotropy in AA3104 and AA5182 sheet aluminium. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.975). pp. 1192-1198. doi:10.1063/1.2902568

2007

Fan, Yichao, Dixon, S., Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) and Jian, X. (2007) Ultrasonic surface wave propagation and interaction with surface defects on rail track head. NDT & E International, Vol.40 (No.6). pp. 471-477. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2007.01.008

Jian, Xiaoming, Dixon, S., Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Quirk, K. and Baillie, Iain (2007) Effect on ultrasonic generation of a backplate in electromagnetic acoustic transducers. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.102 (No.2). article no. 024909 . doi:10.1063/1.2756090

Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), Rashed, A., Almond, D. P. and Dixon, S. (2007) Combined laser spot imaging thermography and ultrasonic measurements for crack detection. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol.22 (No.2-3). pp. 217-227. doi:10.1080/10589750701448605

Jian, X. and Dixon, S. (2007) Enhancement of EMAT and eddy current using a ferrite back-plate. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol.136 (No.1). pp. 132-136. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2006.10.028

Fletcher, M. P. and Dixon, S. (2007) Considerations for measuring acoustic birefringence in thin sheets using electromagnetic acoustic transducers. In: 33rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Portland, Oregon, 30 Jul - 04 Aug 2006. Published in: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Volume 894 pp. 1245-1249. ISBN 9780735403994. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.2718108

Rashed, A., Almond, D. P., Rees, D. A. S., Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.) and Dixon, S. (2007) Crack detection by laser spot imaging thermography. AIP Conference proceedings, Vol.894 (No.1). American Institute of Physics, pp. 500-506. ISBN 978-0-7354-0399-4

Jian, X., Dixon, S., Guo, N. and Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) (2007) Rayleigh wave interaction with surface-breaking cracks. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.101 (No.6). Article: 064906. doi:10.1063/1.2435803

Jian, Xiaoming, Baillie, Iain and Dixon, S. (2007) Steel billet inspection using laser-EMAT system. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol.40 (No.5). pp. 1501-1506. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/5/029

Essex, S. D., Potter, M. D. G. and Dixon, S. (2007) Ultrasonic characterization of texture in rolled aluminium correlated with electron backscatter differaction measurements. In: 33rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Portland, Oregon, 30 Jul - 04 Aug 2006. Published in: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vols 26A and 26B, Volume 894 (Number 1). pp. 1237-1244. ISBN 9780735403994. ISSN 0094-243X.

Jian, X., Weight, J. P., Grattan, K. T. V. and Dixon, S. (2007) A model for transient ultrasonic field in solid generated by a transducer in immersion. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol.133 (No.2). pp. 439-446. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2006.05.004

Baillie, Iain, Griffith, P., Jian, Xiaoming and Dixon, S. (2007) Implementing an ultrasonic inspection system to find surface and internal defects in hot, moving steel using EMATs. Insight, Vol.49 (No.2). pp. 87-92. doi:10.1784/insi.2007.49.2.87

Jian, Xiaoming, Dixon, S., Baillie, Iain, Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) and Morrison, J. (2007) Integrity evaluation of steel products using EMATs. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol.40 (No.2). pp. 300-304. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/40/2/002

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Sophian, A., Dixon, S. and Tian, G. Y. (2007) Data fusion for combining techniques to detect and size surface and near-surface defects. In: 33rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Portland, Oregon, 30 Jul - 4 Aug 2006. Published in: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vols 26A and 26B, Volume 89 pp. 619-626. ISBN 9780735403994. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.2718028

Palmer, Stuart B., Jian, X. and Dixon, S. (2007) Eddy current enhancement for EMATs. In: Conference on Sensor Systems and Networks - Phenomena, Technology, and Applications for NDE and Health Monitoring 2007, San Diego, California, 19-21 Mar 2007. Published in: Sensor Systems and Networks: Phenomena, Technology, and Applications for NDE and Health Monitoring 2007, Volume 6530 p. 53013. ISBN 9780819466518. ISSN 0277-786X. doi:10.1117/12.715162

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Fan, Yichao and Dixon, S. (2007) High speed detection and characterization of defects in the railhead. In: 33rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Portland, Oregon, 30 Jul - 4 Aug 2006. Published in: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vols 26A and 26B, Volume 894 pp. 1406-1412. ISBN 9780735403994. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.2718131

Dixon, S., Lanyon, B. and Rowlands, G. (George) (2007) Thickness gauging of thin coatings using ultrasonics. In: 33rd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Portland, Oregon, 30 Jul - 04 Aug 2006. Published in: Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vols 26A and 26B, Volume 894 pp. 1135-1139. ISBN 9780735403994. ISSN 0094-243X. doi:10.1063/1.2718094

2006

Jian, Xiaoming, Dixon, S., Baillie, Iain, Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Morrison, J. and Fan, Yichao (2006) Shear wave generation using a spiral electromagnetic acoustic transducer. Applied Physics Letters, Vol.89 (No.24). p. 244106. doi:10.1063/1.2408644

Dixon, S. and Jian, X. (2006) Eddy current generation enhancement using ferrite for electromagnetic acoustic transduction. Applied Physics Letters, Vol.89 (No.19). p. 193503. doi:10.1063/1.2387125

Mishakin, V. V., Dixon, S. and Potter, M. D. G. (2006) The use of wide band ultrasonic signals to estimate the stress condition of materials. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 39 (21). pp. 4681-4687. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/39/21/027

Jian, X., Fan, Yichao, Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) and Dixon, S. (2006) Surface-breaking crack gauging with the use of laser-generated Rayleigh waves. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol.100 (No.6). Article: 064907. doi:10.1063/1.2353892

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Dixon, S. and Jian, Xiaoming (2006) Characterisation of defects in the railhead using ultrasonic surface waves. NDT & E International, Volume 39 (Number 6). pp. 468-475. doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2006.01.005

Jian, X., Dixon, S., Grattan, K. T. V. and Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) (2006) A model for pulsed Rayleigh wave and optimal EMAT design. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol.128 (No.2). pp. 296-304. doi:10.1016/j.sna.2006.01.048

Dixon, S., Lanyon, B. and Rowlands, G. (George) (2006) Coating thickness and elastic modulus measurement using ultrasonic bulk wave resonance. Applied Physics Letters, Vol.88 (No.14). p. 141907. doi:10.1063/1.2192144

Palmer, Stuart B., Dixon, S., Lanyon, Ben and Rowlands, G. (George) (2006) Measurement of coating thickness using ultrasonic resononance spectroscopy - art. no. 61790B. In: Conference on Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring II, San Diego, CA, MAR 01-02, 2006. Published in: Advanced Sensor Technologies for Nondestructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring II, 6179 B1790-B1790. ISBN 0-8194-6232-2. ISSN 0277-786X. doi:10.1117/12.654753

2005

Potter, M. D. G. and Dixon, S. (2005) Ultrasonic texture measurement of sheet metals: an integrated system combining Lamb and shear wave techniques. NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION, 20 (4). pp. 201-210. doi:10.1080/10589750500424294

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Jian, X., Fan, Y. and Dixon, S. (2005) Signal enhancement of the in-plane and out-of-plane Rayleigh wave components. Applied Physics Letters, Vol.87 (No.19). p. 194104. doi:10.1063/1.2128058

Jian, X., Dixon, S. and Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.) (2005) Optimising ultrasonic wideband Rayleigh wave generation by pulsed electromagnetic coils. NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION, 20 (1). pp. 43-62. doi:10.1080/10589750500033988

Dixon, S. (2005) Untitled. NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION, 20 (1). pp. 1-2. doi:10.1080/10589750512331343785

1994

Dixon, S. (1994) The analysis of aerospace adhesively bonded aluminium plates using electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs). PhD thesis, University of Warwick.