TY - CONF A1 - Dey, Anika A1 - Thomas, Hans-Martin A1 - Pohl, Rainer T1 - The important role of eddy current testing in railway track maintenance T2 - 17th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (Proceedings) T2 - 17th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing CY - Shanghai, China DA - 2008-10-25 KW - Eddy current testing KW - Rolling contact fatigue KW - Head checking KW - Rail maintenance KW - Grinding train PY - 2008 IS - Paper 393 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - International Committee for Non-Destructive Testing CY - Shanghai AN - OPUS4-18433 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Vahlsing, Thorsten A1 - Raum, Hanne A1 - Casperson, Ralf A1 - Pohl, Rainer A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Beilken, D. A1 - Dilz, K. A1 - Rühe, S. T1 - FE-simulation of eddy current signals produced from basic model cracks for running surface rail defects T2 - Proceedings of Railway Engineering 2019 N2 - Non-destructive testing for surface crack detection and head check depth quantification at the gauge corner of railway tracks can be achieved using eddy current methods. With the extension of the tested zone to the running surface, rail defect signal types other than head checks can be measured. Due to their mostly irregular shape, a quantitation based on a calibration against regular test cracks of varying depth may not be linear. Estimates of the expected influence of more complex crack patterns may be obtained by a finite element simulation of sufficiently simple limiting cases, like two displaced or intersecting cracks or a simply branched or flexed crack. As a first step, a 3D finite element model of the HC10 eddy current probe distributed by Prüftechnik Linke und Rühe (PLR), Germany was built and verified against measured results from an (easily fabricated) reference block with isolated long cracks. T2 - 15th Railway Engineering Conference CY - Edinburgh, UK DA - 03.07.2019 KW - Finite element analysis KW - Eddy current testing KW - Rail inspection PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 11 AN - OPUS4-48529 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pohl, Rainer A1 - Krull, R. A1 - Meierhofer, R. T1 - A new eddy current instrument in a grinding train T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT N2 - The recognition of surface damage on rails is of critical importance in order to guarantee a high level of safety for normal train operation. Without early recognition systems, defect damage (e.g. cracks) in the rail, will increase in size and can eventually lead to fracture of the rail. Special grinding trains are in general use for rail maintenance and are employed to machine down worn rails and prevent surface damage in an early stadium. The company SPENO INTERNATIONAL SA along with the BAM, DB AG and other partners have integrated an eddy current instrument into a grinding train. The equipment has been developed for detection of Head Check type defects and provides information on defect position and depth. Initial experiments were presented at the DACH-conference 2004 in Salzburg. This system has been continually developed and as will be shown is ready for practical application. It is named HC Grinding Scanner. The actual measuring system and results will be presented. T2 - 9th European Conference on NDT CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2006-09-25 KW - Eddy current testing KW - Rail grinding train KW - Head checking PY - 2006 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/ecndt2006/doc/P178.pdf SN - 3-931381-86-2 SP - 1 EP - 7(?) PB - European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-14019 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -