Inspection of rail track head surfaces using electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs)

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 326-330

  Dixon, Steve ^a   Edwards, Rachel S ^a   Jian, Xiaoming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; INSPECTION; RAILROAD TRACKS; STRESSES; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CRACK DEPTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; RAYLEIGH WAVE;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 2942704166     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.46.6.326.56379     Document Type: Article

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