Inspection of RCF rail defects – Review of NDT methods
Abstract
Rail inspection research is a substantive topic for the railway industry. Management of rolling contact fatigue rail defects is crucial for transport safety worldwide because uncontrolled development of these defects could cause railway accidents, including derailments. This paper presents the review of non-destructive inspection methods for surface and subsurface rolling contact fatigue defects, with particular emphasis on squat and head checking rail defects. Main types of standard and novel non-destructive inspection methods are presented and described from the aspect of basic characteristics, advantages and disadvantages for its practical application for rails in the track, and possible improvements of equipment and software. The presented review is based on the relevant international researches and review papers. In addition, a combination of inspection methods are presented, which can improve the reliability of defect detection.
Keywords:
inspection method / non-destructive testing / rail defect / rolling contact fatigue / sensor / signal processingSource:
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023, 182Publisher:
- Academic Press
Funding / projects:
Institution/Community
GraFarTY - JOUR AU - Mićić, Milica AU - Brajović, Ljiljana AU - Lazarević, Luka AU - Popović, Zdenka PY - 2023 UR - https://grafar.grf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2814 AB - Rail inspection research is a substantive topic for the railway industry. Management of rolling contact fatigue rail defects is crucial for transport safety worldwide because uncontrolled development of these defects could cause railway accidents, including derailments. This paper presents the review of non-destructive inspection methods for surface and subsurface rolling contact fatigue defects, with particular emphasis on squat and head checking rail defects. Main types of standard and novel non-destructive inspection methods are presented and described from the aspect of basic characteristics, advantages and disadvantages for its practical application for rails in the track, and possible improvements of equipment and software. The presented review is based on the relevant international researches and review papers. In addition, a combination of inspection methods are presented, which can improve the reliability of defect detection. PB - Academic Press T2 - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing T1 - Inspection of RCF rail defects – Review of NDT methods VL - 182 DO - 10.1016/j.ymssp.2022.109568 ER -
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Mićić, M., Brajović, L., Lazarević, L.,& Popović, Z.. (2023). Inspection of RCF rail defects – Review of NDT methods. in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Academic Press., 182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2022.109568
Mićić M, Brajović L, Lazarević L, Popović Z. Inspection of RCF rail defects – Review of NDT methods. in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 2023;182. doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2022.109568 .
Mićić, Milica, Brajović, Ljiljana, Lazarević, Luka, Popović, Zdenka, "Inspection of RCF rail defects – Review of NDT methods" in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 182 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2022.109568 . .