Laser infrared photothermal radiometric depth profilometry of steels and its potential in rail track evaluation

NDT and E International

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 437-443

  Mandelis, A ^a   Munidasa, M ^a   Nicolaides, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laser infrared photothermal radiometry; NDT technology; Thermal wave slice diffraction tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347031257     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(99)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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