Use of thermography and fibre optics microscopy for the evaluation of railway structures in the Athens Metro in Greece

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5782, Issue , 2005, Pages 371-378

  Moropoulou, A ^a   Avdelidis, N P ^b   Labropoulos, K ^a   Moundoulas, P ^a   Polymenakou, D ^a   Stavrakas, D ^a   Terezakis, P ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE   (Greece)

^c Attiko Metro SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assessment; Fibre Optics Microscopy; Microscopic characterisation; NDT; Thermography

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFECTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FIBER OPTICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT; FIBER OPTICS THERMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; PULSED THERMOGRAPHY;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 26444482017     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.601085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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