Dynamic railroad inspection using the laser-air hybrid ultrasonic technique

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 336-341

  Kenderian, S ^a   Djordjevic, B B ^b   Cerniglia, D ^c   Garcia, G ^d  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER APPLICATIONS; RAILROADS; REMOTE SENSING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DYNAMIC RAILROAD INSPECTION; LASER-AIR HYBRID ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUE; SHATTERED RIM CRACKS; VERTICAL SPLIT HEAD;

INSPECTION;

EID: 33745616092     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.2006.48.6.336     Document Type: Article

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