2017

Dixon, Steve, 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. ISSN 0003-6951

He, Jianpeng, Dixon, Steve, 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. ISSN 1424-8220

Clough, Matthew, Fleming, Matthew and Dixon, Steve. (2017) Circumferential guided wave EMAT system for pipeline screening using shear horizontal ultrasound. NDT & E International, 86 . pp. 20-27. ISSN 0963-8695

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel Sian), Trushkevych, Oksana, Eriksson, Tobias J. R., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, Steve (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.

2016

Hughes, F., Day, R., Tung, N. and Dixon, Steve. (2016) High-frequency eddy current measurements using sensor-mounted electronics. Insight- Non-Destructive Testing & Condition Monitoring, 58 (11). pp. 596-600. ISSN 1354-2575

Li, Zhichao and Dixon, Steve. (2016) A closed-loop operation to improve GMR sensor accuracy. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16 (15). pp. 6003-6007. ISSN 1530-437X

Eriksson, Tobias J. R., Laws, Michael, Kang, Lei, Fan, Yichao, Ramadas, Sivaram and Dixon, Steve. (2016) Experimental evaluation of three designs of electrodynamic flexural transducers. Sensors, 16 (9). 1363. ISSN 1424-8220

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, S.. (2016) Mode mixing in shear horizontal ultrasonic guided waves. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation . pp. 1-20. ISSN 1058-9759 (In Press)

Eriksson, Tobias J. R., Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal and Dixon, Steve. (2016) Experimental and simulation characterisation of flexural vibration modes in unimorph ultrasound transducers. Ultrasonics, 65 . pp. 242-248. ISSN 0041-624X

2015

Ramadas, Sivaram Nishal , Hunter, Michael, Thornby, John Albert, Purssell, C. P., Leigh, Simon J. and Dixon, S. (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.

Trushkevych, Oksana, Eriksson, Tobias J. R., Ramadas, S. N., Dixon, S. 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 . ISSN 0003-6951

2014

Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.), Fan, Yichao and Dixon, S.. (2014) High temperature thickness measurements of stainless steel and low carbon steel using electromagnetic acoustic transducers. NDT & E International, Volume 68 . pp. 73-77. ISSN 0963-8695

Hill, Samuel Joseph and Dixon, S.. (2014) Localisation of defects with time and frequency measurements using pulsed arrays. NDT & E International, Volume 67 . pp. 24-30. ISSN 0963-8695

Hughes, R. (Robert), Fan, Yichao and Dixon, S.. (2014) Near electrical resonance signal enhancement (NERSE) in eddy-current crack detection. NDT & E International, Volume 66 . pp. 82-89. ISSN 0963-8695

Petcher, P. A., Potter, M. D. G. and Dixon, S.. (2014) A new electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) design for operation on rail. NDT & E International, Volume 65 . pp. 1-7. ISSN 0963-8695

Petcher, P. A., Burrows, S. E. (Susan E.) and Dixon, S.. (2014) Shear horizontal (SH) ultrasound wave propagation around smooth corners. Ultrasonics, Volume 54 (Number 4). pp. 997-1004. ISSN 0041-624X

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. ISSN 0963-8695

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.

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.

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. ISSN 1098-0121

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. ISSN 0001-4966

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.

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. ISSN 0963-8695

Laws, M. R., Ramadas, S. N 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.

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. ISSN 0022-3727

Laws, M. R., Ramadas, S. 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.

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. ISSN 2046-2069

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. ISSN 0885-3010

Petcher, P. A. and Dixon, S.. (2012) Parabola detection using matched filtering for ultrasound B-scans. Ultrasonics, Vol.52 (No.1). pp. 138-144. ISSN 0041-624X

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.

Palmer, S. 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.

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.

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. ISSN 0022-3727

Laws, M. R., Ramadas, S. and Dixon, S. (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.

2011

Dixon, S. (2011) Comment. Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring, Vol.53 (No.11). p. 590. ISSN 1354-2575

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. ISSN 0963-8695

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. ISSN 1354-2575

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. ISSN 0094-243X

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.

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. ISSN 1354-2575

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. ISSN 0963-8695

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. ISSN 1354-2575

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. ISSN 0041-624X

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. ISSN 0003-6951

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.

Palmer, S. 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.

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. ISSN 0003-6951

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. ISSN 0963-8695

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. ISSN 0094-243X

Hernandez-Valle, Francisco and Dixon, S.. (2010) Pulsed electromagnet EMAT for high temperatures. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol.1211 . pp. 957-963. ISSN 0094-243X

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. ISSN 17486815

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. ISSN 0094-243X

Dixon, S. (2009) Editorial. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol.24 (No.1-2). p. 1. ISSN 1058-9759

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. ISSN 0094-243X

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.

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. ISSN 0094-243X

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. ISSN 0094-243X

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. ISSN 0021-8979

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. ISSN 0924-4247

Davis, C. L., 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. ISSN 0301-9233

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. ISSN 0924-4247

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. ISSN 1470-0328

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. ISSN 1058-9759

Davis, C. L., 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. ISSN 1073-5623

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. ISSN 0094-243X

Edwards, R. S. (Rachel S.), Fan, Yichao, Papaelias, M., Dixon, S., Davis, C. L. and Roberts, Clive. (2008) Ultrasonic detection of surface-breaking railhead defects. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol.975 (No.1). pp. 602-609. ISSN 0094-243X

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.

Palmer, S. 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.

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.

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. ISSN 0094-243X

Morrison, J., Dixon, S., Potter, M. D. G. and Davis, C. L.. (2008) The correspondence between elastic and plastic anisotropy in AA3104 and AA5182 sheet aluminium. AIP Conference Proceedings (No.975). pp. 1192-1198. ISSN 0094-243X

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. ISSN 0963-8695

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 . ISSN 0021-8979

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. ISSN 1058-9759

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. ISSN 0924-4247

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.

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. ISSN 0021-8979

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. ISSN 0022-3727

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.

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. ISSN 0924-4247

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. ISSN 1354-2575

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. ISSN 0022-3727

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.

Palmer, S. 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.

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.

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.

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. ISSN 0003-6951

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. ISSN 0003-6951

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. ISSN 0022-3727

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. ISSN 0021-8979

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. ISSN 0963-8695

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. ISSN 0924-4247

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. ISSN 0003-6951

Palmer, Stuart B., Dixon, S., Lanyon, Ben and Rowlands, 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.

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. ISSN 1058-9759

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. ISSN 0003-6951

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. ISSN 1058-9759

Dixon, S. (2005) Untitled. NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION, 20 (1). pp. 1-2. ISSN 1058-9759

1994

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