Scattering analysis of ground-penetrating radar data to quantify railroad ballast contamination

NDT and E International

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 441-447

  Al Qadi, Imad L ^a   Xie, Wei ^a   Roberts, Roger ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Geophysical Survey Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballast; Fouling thickness; GPR; Ground penetrating radar; Railroad

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FOULING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FOULED BALLASTS; FOULING THICKNESS; SCATTERING PATTERNS;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 44649118602     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ndteint.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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