PUBLICATION NOTICE: Guided Wave Testing of Trunnion Rods at West Point Dam, Georgia

The US Army Engineer Research and Development Center has published the report/note described and linked below. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

Report Number:

ERDC/CHL CHETN-IX-49

Title:

Guided Wave Testing of Trunnion Rods at West Point Dam, Georgia 

Author(s):

Jason D. Ray, Richard W. Haskins, and James A. Evans

Purpose/Abstract:

This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) describes trunnion rod crack detection testing using the portable guided wave test system on a sample of the trunnion rods located at West Point Dam, Georgia, in January 2016. It is also intended to be used as a guide for test efforts at other sites.

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