An initial investigation on the potential applicability of Acoustic Emission to rail track fault detection

NDT and E International

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 507-516

  Bruzelius, Kristoffer ^a   Mba, D ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic Emission; Condition monitoring; Rail track diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; CONDITION MONITORING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; MAINTENANCE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

CRACK DETECTION; RAIL TRACK DIAGNOSIS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; SURFACE WEAR;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 2942633567     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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