Non-destructive Testing (NDT) Methods in Railway Engineering
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Fault Diagnosis & Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 433
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wireless networking for infrastructure monitoring; wireless sensor deployment; wireless networks for SHM; real world wireless applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Non-destructive evaluation (NDE) is a technique used to examine, evaluate, and test any type of object without interfering with its structural integrity in order to determine the absence or presence of defects and discontinuities.
The scope of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the state of the art of applications and developments in the field of NDT, either practical or simulation in nature, specifically applied to railway engineering. Research papers may cover the rail carbody, rolling stock, or infrastructure NDT applications during the entire lifecycle, from manufacturing to in-service or maintenance.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Development of new or existing NDT techniques suitable for rail applications;
- NDT techniques typically applied to other transport industries that may find applications in the rail industry;
- NDT for new materials suitable for rail applications;
- Integration of NDT methods;
- Ultrasonic testing;
- Infrared thermography (active or passive applications);
- Acoustic emission;
- Eddy current testing;
- Radiographic testing;
- Visual testing;
- Novel methods of processing NDT data relative to rail industry applications;
- Design and development of sensors used for NDT techniques suitable for railway applications;
- Novel ways of replicating damage on materials and applications of NDT;
- Modelling and simulation of NDT methods;
- Rail maintenance aspects and NDT;
- Automated inspection techniques suitable for rail applications;
- Standardization of NDT procedures for rail engineering applications;
- Artificial intelligence applications in NDT relative to rail engineering.
Dr. Vassilios Kappatos
Dr. Alkiviadis Tromaras
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rail engineering
- non-destructive testing
- sensors
- data mining
- signal processing
