Guided wave inspection potential of defects in rail

NDT and E International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Rose, Joseph L ^a   Avioli, Michael J ^b   Mudge, Peter ^c   Sanderson, Ruth ^c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b FBS Inc   (United States)

^c TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air coupled transducer; Dispersion curves; Shear horizontal EMAT; Transverse defect

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; RAILROAD SIGNAL SYSTEMS; RAILROADS; SHEAR WAVES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

LIFT-OFF DIATANCES; RAIL DEFECTS; WAVE DIAPLACEMENT;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0347985124     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2003.04.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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2. Rose JL, Avioli MJ, Cho Y. Elastic wave analysis for broken rail detection. Presented at QNDE, Brunswick, ME, 7/29-8/3-01.
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6. Hayashi T., Song W.-J., Rose J.L. Guided wave dispersion curves for a bar with an arbitrary cross-section, a rod and rail example. Ultrasonics. 2003;. (in press).