Proof of concept of wayside railroad wheel inspection using a laser-air hybrid ultrasonic technique

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 621-627

  Kenderian, Shant ^a   Cerniglia, Donatella ^b   Djordjevic, B Boro ^a   Garcia, Greg ^c   Morgan, Richard ^c   Sun, Jian ^c   Snell, Mike ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INSPECTION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RAILROADS; THERMAL STRESS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

RAILROAD WHEELS; THERMAL FATIGUE;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 0141857414     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.45.9.621.52934     Document Type: Article

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