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Prediction of RCF clustered cracks dimensions using an ACFM sensor and influence of crack length and vertical angle
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Shen, Jialong, Zhou, Lei, Rowshandel, H., Nicholson, G. L. and Davis, Claire (2020) Prediction of RCF clustered cracks dimensions using an ACFM sensor and influence of crack length and vertical angle. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 35 (1). pp. 1-18. doi:10.1080/10589759.2019.1611817
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/10589759.2019.1611817
Abstract
Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) cracks are the predominant reason for rail grinding maintenance and replacement on all types of railway system, as they can potentially cause rail break if not removed. To avoid excessive material removal, accurate crack sizing is required. Alternating current field measurement has been used as an electromagnetic method for RCF crack sizing, incorporating with modelling results for single RCF cracks with large vertical angles (>30°). No study using this knowledge to size shallow angled crack clusters has yet been reported. A novel method, the pocket length compensation method, is proposed to determine the length and depth of RCF cracks with shallow vertical angles. For shallow crack clusters, vertical angle predictions are close to the measured values with a deviation of less than 13.6%. Errors in crack pocket length prediction are greatly reduced when the pocket length compensation was included. The predicted vertical depth using the approach developed for clustered angled cracks is accurate with errors <8.3%, which compares to errors of up to 60% if the single RCF crack approach is used and errors of up to 21.4% if a non-compensated prediction for crack clusters is used.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Rolling contact, Alloys -- Fatigue, Railroad rails -- Defects, Electric currents, Alternating -- Measurement, Railroad engineering | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd. | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1058-9759 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 35 | |||||||||
| Number: | 1 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-18 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/10589759.2019.1611817 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation on 9/05/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10589759.2019.1611817 | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
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