Railway wheel-flat detection and measurement by ultrasound

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 975-984

  Brizuela, J ^a   Fritsch, C ^a   Ibanez A ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Railway NDE; Rayleigh waves; Rolling surface; Wheel flat detection

Indexed keywords

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; RAYLEIGH WAVES; VEHICLE WHEELS;

RAIL-WHEEL CONTACT; RAILWAY MAINTENANCE; RAILWAY NDE; RAILWAY WHEEL FLATS; ULTRASONIC PULSE; ULTRASOUND PULSE; ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUES; WHEEL FLAT;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAINTENANCE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RAYLEIGH WAVE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 79960454731     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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