Laser/air hybrid ultrasonic technique for railroad wheel testing

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-511

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

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air coupled ultrasound; Cracks; Laser ultrasound; Railroad wheel

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; LASER APPLICATIONS; RAILROAD CARS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

LASER ULTRASOUND; RAILROAD WHEEL TESTING;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0038243255     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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