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Infrared thermographic investigation of ballast

Last updated on 02 September 2014 4:40

A laboratory experiment was undertaken inorder to distinguish between clean and spent railway ballast using an Infrared camera. By cooling the ballast and observing it heat up to room temperature over time, a difference in the rate of heat transfer between the types of ballast could be observed. A...

Author(s): Clark M.;Forde M.C.

Organisation(s): University of Edinburgh ;

1999

United Kingdom

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