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 processing
Source:
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023, 182
TY - 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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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.",
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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 . .
