Hollow axle ultrasonic crack detection for conventional railway vehicles

Quarterly Report of RTRI (Railway Technical Research Institute) (Japan)

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-84

  Makino, Kazunari ^a   Yohso, Jiro ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Ishiduka, Hiromichi ^a  

^a RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conventional railway vehicles; Hollow axle; Piezocomposite focal probe; Ultrasonic test

Indexed keywords

AXLES; CRACKS; RAILS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTING; VEHICLES;

CONVENTIONAL RAILWAY VEHICLES; HOLLOW AXLE; PIEZOCOMPOSITE FOCAL PROBE; ULTRASONIC TEST;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 25144515004     PISSN: 00339008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2219/rtriqr.46.78     Document Type: Article

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