Thermal imaging of railways to identify track sections prone to buckling

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-327

  Chapman, L ^a   Thornes, J E ^a   White, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rail buckling; Rail microclimate; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; CONFORMAL MAPPING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFRARED IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RAIL BUCKLING; RAIL MICROCLIMATES; RAIL TEMPERATURES; THERMAL MAPS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 34247150578     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT73     Document Type: Article

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