Guided wave testing of rail

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 413-420

  Wilcox, P ^a,b   Evans, M ^a   Pavlakovic, B ^a   Alleyne, D ^a   Vine, K ^a   Cawley, P ^c   Lowe, M ^c  

^a Guided Ultrasonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; THERMIT WELDING; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC INSPECTION;

RAILS;

EID: 0038512147     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.45.6.413.52892     Document Type: Article

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