Crack detection in rail using infrared methods

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Greene, Richard J ^a   Yates, John R ^b   Patterson, Eann A ^c  

^a Strain Solutions Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack detection; Structural integrity; Thermoelastic stress analysis

Indexed keywords

IN-SERVICE RAILS; INFRARED METHODS;

CRACK DETECTION; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; INFRARED DEVICES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; THERMOELASTICITY;

RAILS;

EID: 34447556967     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2738490     Document Type: Article

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