Rail integrity management by means of ultrasonic testing

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 931-938

  Marais, J J ^a   Mistry, K C ^a  

^a Spoornet Railway Engineering   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Rail; Rail integrity; Ultrasonic testing

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DERAILMENTS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); RAILS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

RAIL DEFECTS; RAIL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0242274020     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00668.x     Document Type: Article

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