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Study on surface waves for detection of fatigue cracks in railway joint bars

Joshua Agbede, Kalpana Yadav, Glenn Washer, Anish Poudel

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OpenAlex topics: Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation · Structural Health Monitoring Techniques · Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies

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