Dr. Robert Ronald Phillips Profile

Dr. Robert Ronald Phillips

Chief Research Scientist, C.O.O.

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Publications (11)

Proceedings Article | 8 March 2014 Paper

Field testing of prototype systems for the non-destructive measurement of the neutral temperature of railroad tracks

Robert Phillips, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Claudio Nucera, Mahmood Fateh, John Choros

Proc. SPIE. 9061, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2014

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Phase modulation, Prototyping, Temperature metrology, Head, Waveguides, Ultrasonics, Nondestructive evaluation, Wave propagation, Safety

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Proceedings Article | 19 April 2013 Paper

Non-contact ultrasonic guided wave inspection of rails

Stefano Mariani, Thompson Nguyen, Robert Ronald Phillips, Piotr Kijanka, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Wieslaw Jerzy Staszewski

Proc. SPIE. 8692, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2013

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Waveguides, Prototyping, Defect detection, Inspection, Statistical analysis, Transducers, Head, Electronic filtering, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 17 April 2013 Paper

Nonlinear guided waves for neutral temperature measurement in continuous welded rails: results from laboratory and field tests

Claudio Nucera, Robert Phillips, Peter Zhu, Stefano Mariani, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Mahmood Fateh, Gary Carr

Proc. SPIE. 8695, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2013

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Prototyping, Temperature metrology, Ultrasonics, Wave propagation, Thermal modeling, Dispersion, Liquid phase epitaxy, Structural health monitoring, Head

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Proceedings Article | 17 April 2013 Paper

Axial stress determination using Impedance-based method and its application on the thermal stresses measurement in continuous welded rail

Xuan Zhu, Robert Phillips, Francesco Lanza di Scalea

Proc. SPIE. 8695, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2013

KEYWORDS: Electromagnetic coupling, Ferroelectric materials, Temperature metrology, Transducers, Structural health monitoring, Thermal effects, Nondestructive evaluation, Defect detection, Semiconducting wafers, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 15 April 2011 Paper

Monitoring thermal stresses and incipient buckling of continuous-welded rails: results from the UCSD/BNSF/FRA large-scale laboratory test track

Robert Phillips, Claudio Nucera, Stefano Coccia, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Ivan Bartoli, Mahmood Fateh, Gary Carr

Proc. SPIE. 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Waveguides, Temperature metrology, Prototyping, Switches, Infrared cameras, Head, Roads, Safety, Velocity measurements

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Proceedings Article | 14 April 2011 Paper

Health monitoring of prestressing tendons in post-tensioned concrete structures

Salvatore Salamone, Ivan Bartoli, Claudio Nucera, Robert Phillips, Francesco Lanza di Scalea

Proc. SPIE. 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Sensors, Waveguides, Acoustic emission, Picosecond phenomena, Interfaces, Bridges, Defect detection, Wave propagation, Signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 14 April 2011 Paper

UCSD/FRA non-contact ultrasonic guided-wave system for rail inspection: an update

Stefano Coccia, Robert Phillips, Claudio Nucera, Ivan Bartoli, Salvatore Salamone, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Mahmood Fateh, Gary Carr

Proc. SPIE. 7981, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2011

KEYWORDS: Inspection, Ultrasonics, Defect detection, Head, Prototyping, Safety, Reliability, Waveguides, Statistical analysis, Molybdenum

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Proceedings Article | 9 April 2010 Paper

Stress dependence of guided waves in rails

Ivan Bartoli, Stefano Coccia, Robert Phillips, Ankit Srivastava, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Salvatore Salamone, Mahmood Fateh, Gary Carr

Proc. SPIE. 7650, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2010

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Wave propagation, Dispersion, Prototyping, Motion measurement, Finite element methods, Phase velocity, Ultrasonics, Fourier transforms, 3D modeling

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Proceedings Article | 30 March 2009 Paper

Nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves for stress monitoring in prestressing tendons for post-tensioned concrete structures

Ivan Bartoli, Claudio Nucera, Ankit Srivastava, Salvatore Salamone, Robert Phillips, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Stefano Coccia, Charles Sikorsky

Proc. SPIE. 7292, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2009

KEYWORDS: Ultrasonics, Waveguides, Transducers, Picosecond phenomena, Defect detection, Wave propagation, Interfaces, Signal detection, Bridges, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 8 April 2008 Paper

Load monitoring in multiwire strands by interwire ultrasonic measurements

Ivan Bartoli, Robert Phillips, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Salvatore Salamone, Stefano Coccia, Charles Sikorsky

Proc. SPIE. 6932, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2008

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Ultrasonics, Sensors, Wave propagation, Ferroelectric materials, Picosecond phenomena, Defect detection, Actuators, Dispersion, Ultrasonography

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Proceedings Article | 19 May 2007 Paper

SAFE modeling of waves for the structural health monitoring of prestressing tendons

Ivan Bartoli, Alessandro Marzani, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Piervincenzo Rizzo, Erasmo Viola, Elisa Sorrivi, Robert Phillips

Proc. SPIE. 6532, Health Monitoring of Structural and Biological Systems 2007

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Signal to noise ratio, Ultrasonics, Defect detection, Discrete wavelet transforms, Signal detection, Sensors, Wavelets, Interference (communication), Wave propagation

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