TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Wack, Y. A1 - Mook, G. T1 - Simulation of an instrumented ultrasonic test run with a rail inspection train N2 - Rail inspection performed by ultrasonic rail inspection trains is a complex and challenging process. A large number of variables and parameters given by the environment, the track and the testing-system have an influence on the overall performance of the inspection and the inspection result. Typically the parameter vary in a combination depending on the track condition. To evaluate the individual influence of each relevant variable, simulation tools can be used. Therefore the entire inspection process has to be transferred into a model using combined modelling techniques. The goal of this work is to model an instrumented ultrasonic test run with a rail inspection train with the parameters varied by a script over a virtually driven distance. T2 - 46th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation- QNDE 2019 CY - Portland, OR, USA DA - 14.07.2019 KW - Ultrasound KW - Rail inspection KW - Modelling KW - Simulation PY - 2019 VL - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 3 AN - OPUS4-49839 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Boehm, Rainer A1 - Mook, G. T1 - Ultrasonic rail inspection with array probes N2 - For more than 60 years ultrasonic rail inspection is used as non-destructive testing method to ensure the safe operation of rail tracks. Constantly increasing traffic density and heavy loads have been the motor for the development of new test equipment from handheld devices to rail inspection trains. (Krull 2003)Up to the present most of the system solutions feature conventional ultrasonic transducers housed in wheel-type and slide-type probes. Different tasks have to be carried out during an in-service inspection for flaws in the rail head, rail web and rail foot as well as rolling contact fatigue (Heckel 2018). The more tasks the inspection system has to perform, the more probes are needed. Compared against standard ultrasonic testing methods the application of array probes offers advantages and flexibility by the electronic steering possibilities to control the transmitted and received sound fields. This allows to increase functionality by software while decreasing the number of probes needed in hardware in parallel. One drawback in application of phased array probes is that the repetition frequency of the subsequent measurements will be reduced by the number of virtual probe functions each phased array probe has to perform. This may limit the range of use for phased array probes in high speed applications. To overcome these limits special designs for array probes and signal processing are necessary. T2 - Railway Engineering 2019 CY - Edinburgh, UK DA - 03.07.2019 KW - High speed KW - Ultrasound KW - Rail inspection KW - Phased array probes PY - 2019 VL - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 3 AN - OPUS4-49680 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Boehm, Rainer A1 - Mook, G. T1 - Ultrasonic Rail inspection with array Probes N2 - For more than 60 years ultrasonic rail inspection is used as non-destructive testing method to ensure the safe operation of rail tracks. Constantly increasing traffic density and heavy loads have been the motor for the development of new test equipment from handheld devices to rail inspection trains. (Krull 2003)Up to the present most of the system solutions feature conventional ultrasonic transducers housed in wheel-type and slide-type probes. Different tasks have to be carried out during an in-service inspection for flaws in the rail head, rail web and rail foot as well as rolling contact fatigue (Heckel 2018). The more tasks the inspection system has to perform, the more probes are needed. Compared against standard ultrasonic testing methods the application of array probes offers advantages and flexibility by the electronic steering possibilities to control the transmitted and received sound fields. This allows to increase functionality by software while decreasing the number of probes needed in hardware in parallel. One drawback in application of phased array probes is that the repetition frequency of the subsequent measurements will be reduced by the number of virtual probe functions each phased array probe has to perform. This may limit the range of use for phased array probes in high speed applications. To overcome these limits special designs for array probes and signal processing are necessary. T2 - Railway Engineering 2019 CY - Edinburgh, UK DA - 03.07.2019 KW - High speed KW - Ultrasound KW - Rail inspection KW - Phased array probes PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49681 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Wack, Yannick A1 - Mook, G. T1 - Simulation of an instrumented ultrasonic test run with a rail inspection train N2 - Rail inspection performed by ultrasonic rail inspection trains is a complex and challenging process. A large number of variables and parameters given by the environment, the track and the testing-system have an influence on the overall performance of the inspection and the inspection result. Typically the parameter vary in a combination depending on the track condition. To evaluate the individual influence of each relevant variable, simulation tools can be used. Therefore the entire inspection process has to be transferred into a model using combined modelling techniques. The goal of this work is to model an instrumented ultrasonic test run with a rail inspection train with the parameters varied by a script over a virtually driven distance. T2 - 46th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation- QNDE 2019 CY - Portland, OR, USA DA - 14.07.2019 KW - Simulation KW - Ultrasound KW - Rail inspection KW - Modelling PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49684 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 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 - 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 N2 - Non-destructive testing for surface crack detection and head check depth quantification at the gauge cor-ner 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 most-ly 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 meas-ured results from an (easily fabricated) reference block with isolated long cracks. T2 - Railway Engineering 2019 CY - Edinburgh, UK DA - 03.07.2019 KW - Finite element analysis KW - Eddy current testing KW - Rail inspection PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49686 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Heckel, Thomas 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 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 - Railway Engineering 2019 CY - Edinburgh, UK DA - 03.07.2019 KW - Finite element analysis KW - Eddy current testing KW - Rail inspection PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48530 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -