A review on rail defect detection systems based on wireless sensors

Y Zhao, Z Liu, D Yi, X Yu, X Sha, L Li, H Sun, Z Zhan… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Small defects on the rails develop fast under the continuous load of passing trains, and this
may lead to train derailment and other disasters. In recent years, many types of wireless …

Study on high-speed rail defect detection methods based on ECT, MFL testing and ACFM

P Xu, Y Chen, L Liu, B Liu - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic testing (ET) has been widely used in high-speed rail defect detection due to
its non-contact, simplicity and efficiency, and mainly includes Eddy Current Testing (ECT) …

Differential ECT probe design and investigation for detection of rolling contact fatigue cracks with different orientations

X Li, G Tian, K Li, H Wang, Q Zhang - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Eddy current testing (ECT) is widely applied to detect surface defects on metallic materials.
In ECT for cracks on complex curved surfaces, immunity to lift-off and the detection ability of …

Electromagnetic tomography rail defect inspection

Z Liu, W Li, F Xue, J Xiafang, B Bu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the train's speed improving, and running interval time decreasing, traditional rail defect
inspection methods cannot meet the efficiency requirement of railway industrial standards. In …

Crack propagation characterization and statistical evaluation of fatigue life for locally corroded bridge steel based on metal magnetic memory method

S Su, Y Yang, W Wang, X Ma - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Corrosion has a great endangerment for the fatigue performance of bridge steel members.
As a newly developed self-magnetic leakage (SMFL) nondestructive testing (NDT) …

Rail crack detection and evaluation at high speed based on differential ECT system

P Xu, CL Zhu, HM Zeng, P Wang - Measurement, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effects of detection speed on eddy current testing (ECT) signals are
studied, and the quantitative evaluation method of rail surface cracks at different speeds is …

An eddy current convergence probe with copper core and single detection coil to detect flaws on aluminum plates

N Kasai, K Sekino, S Miyazaki - NDT & E International, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents an eddy current probe with an excitation current induced by a copper
core. The probe consists of a specially designed copper core placed inside an excitation coil …

IoT based railway track faults detection and localization using acoustic analysis

HUR Siddiqui, AA Saleem, MA Raza, K Zafar… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rail is one of the most energy efficient and economical modes of transportation. Regular
railway track health inspection is an essential part of a robust and secure train operation …

The effect of eddy current probe configurations on crack signal magnitude: consideration of excitation coil direction

N Kasai, K Sekino, NC Hanh - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
The configuration of an eddy current (EC) probe is a critical factor that has consistently
drawn the attention of researchers during the development of EC probes. This is because …

[HTML][HTML] Rail and wheel health management

A Ekberg, E Kabo, R Lundén - Wear, 2023 - Elsevier
Rail and wheel health management is investigated with focus on deterioration phenomena
in the wheel/rail contact interface–plastic deformation, wear, and rolling contact fatigue …