Cracks in railroad wheels cause changes in the pattern of electric current flow. These changes cause localized heating. This paper proposes an automatic inspection system based on infrared detection of increased temperatures in these locatons.
Thermal Image Processing For Detection Of Cracks In Railroad Wheels
Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision ; 1984 ; Cambridge,United States
Proc. SPIE ; 0521
1985-01-17
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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