The work presented in this dissertation on piezoelectric inchworm motors (IWM) is part of a process to gain an understanding of the design, analysis and testing of this smart actuator technology. This work will form the ...

Ultrasonic Guided Waves can propagate over long distances, and are thus suitable for the interrogation of long structural members such as rails. A recently developed Ultrasonic Broken Rail Detection (UBRD) system for ...