The application of time domain ground penetrating radar to evaluate railway track ballast

NDT and E International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 463-468

  Gallagher, G P ^a,c   Leiper, Q ^a   Williamson, R ^a   Clark, M R ^b   Forde, M C ^b  

^a British Geotechnical Society   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c C/O Arrow Light Rail   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballast; Defects; Ground penetrating radar; Non destructive test; Railway track

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346304171     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(99)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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