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Quantification of the Effectiveness of Handheld Equipment for Ground Verification of Detected Rail Internal Defects

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • Leith Al-Nazer (Federal Railroad Administration), Dr. Thomas Raslear (Federal Railroad Administration), Lucas R. Welander (Transportation Technology Center, Inc.)
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-14/07
Office
RRD
Subject:
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity, Track, Tracks & Structures
Keywords:
Ultrasonic phased arrays, conventional ultrasonic, rail flaw sizing, nondestructive testing
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-14/07
Office
RRD
Document
Effectiveness of Rail Internal Defect Equipment_FINAL.pdf (586.41 KB)

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Last updated: Friday, April 4, 2014