Laser based and air coupled ultrasound as noncontact and remote techniques for testing of railroad tracks

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-70

  Kenderian, Shant ^a   Boro Djordjevic, B ^b   Green Jr , Robert E ^b  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air coupled ultrasound; Crack detection; Laser ultrasound; Noncontact ultrasound; Railroad tracks; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AIR COUPLED ULTRASOUND; CRACK DETECTION; LASER ULTRASOUND; MAGNETIC INDUCTION; NONCONTACT ULTRASOUND; SURFACE BREAKING CRACKS;

CRACKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROMACHINING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; SURFACE TESTING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0002663757     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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