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spellingShingle Carnevale, Marco, Collina, Andrea, Peirlinck, Tim, Applied Sciences, A Feasibility Study of the Drive-By Method for Damage Detection in Railway Bridges, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computer Science Applications, Process Chemistry and Technology, General Engineering, Instrumentation, General Materials Science
title A Feasibility Study of the Drive-By Method for Damage Detection in Railway Bridges
title_full A Feasibility Study of the Drive-By Method for Damage Detection in Railway Bridges
title_fullStr A Feasibility Study of the Drive-By Method for Damage Detection in Railway Bridges
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title_sort a feasibility study of the drive-by method for damage detection in railway bridges
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topic Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computer Science Applications, Process Chemistry and Technology, General Engineering, Instrumentation, General Materials Science
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