Rail track field testing using laser/air hybrid ultrasonic technique

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1129-1133

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

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Air coupled ultrasound; Laser ultrasound; Rail base cracks; Ultrasound; Vertical split head

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; LASER APPLICATIONS; RAILROAD TRACKS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AIR HYBRID; RAIL TRACK FIELD TESTING; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0344493787     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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