Time-frequency approach for ground penetrating radar data analysis to assess railroad ballast condition

Research in Nondestructive Evaluation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 219-237

  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; Ground penetrating radar; Pavement; Railroad

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DATA PROCESSING; FOULING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HEAVY WATER; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; RAILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING; WATER ANALYSIS;

BALLAST; FOULING THICKNESS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; PAVEMENT; RAILROAD;

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK);

EID: 53449085373     PISSN: 09349847     EISSN: 14322110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09349840802015107     Document Type: Article

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