GB2314110B - Device for ultrasonic detection of faults in railway rails. - Google Patents

Device for ultrasonic detection of faults in railway rails.

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GB2314110B
GB2314110B GB9712152A GB9712152A GB2314110B GB 2314110 B GB2314110 B GB 2314110B GB 9712152 A GB9712152 A GB 9712152A GB 9712152 A GB9712152 A GB 9712152A GB 2314110 B GB2314110 B GB 2314110B
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faults
ultrasonic detection
railway rails
railway
rails
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GB2314110A (en
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David Spencer Bowdler
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Balfour Beatty PLC
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BICC PLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61K—AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAYS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61K9/00—Railway vehicle profile gauges; Detecting or indicating overheating of components; Apparatus on locomotives or cars to indicate bad track sections; General design of track recording vehicles
    • B61K9/08—Measuring installations for surveying permanent way
    • B61K9/10—Measuring installations for surveying permanent way for detecting cracks in rails or welds thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N29/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves; Visualisation of the interior of objects by transmitting ultrasonic or sonic waves through the object
    • G01N29/04—Analysing solids
    • G01N29/043—Analysing solids in the interior, e.g. by shear waves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N29/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves; Visualisation of the interior of objects by transmitting ultrasonic or sonic waves through the object
    • G01N29/22—Details, e.g. general constructional or apparatus details
    • G01N29/26—Arrangements for orientation or scanning by relative movement of the head and the sensor
    • G01N29/265—Arrangements for orientation or scanning by relative movement of the head and the sensor by moving the sensor relative to a stationary material
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
    • G01N2291/04—Wave modes and trajectories
    • G01N2291/051—Perpendicular incidence, perpendicular propagation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
    • G01N2291/04—Wave modes and trajectories
    • G01N2291/057—Angular incidence, parallel to surface propagation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
    • G01N2291/10—Number of transducers
    • G01N2291/105—Number of transducers two or more emitters, two or more receivers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    • G01N2291/00—Indexing codes associated with group G01N29/00
    • G01N2291/26—Scanned objects
    • G01N2291/262—Linear objects
    • G01N2291/2623—Rails; Railroads

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analyzing Materials By The Use Of Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
GB9712152A 1996-06-11 1997-06-11 Device for ultrasonic detection of faults in railway rails. Expired - Fee Related GB2314110B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GBGB9612198.3A GB9612198D0 (en) 1996-06-11 1996-06-11 Railway track inspection car

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GB2314110A GB2314110A (en) 1997-12-17
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US4662224A (en) * 1984-03-26 1987-05-05 Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Francais Process and device for the automatic recognition and detection of discontinuities and irregularities in the rails of railroad tracks
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GB1144541A (en) * 1965-10-11 1969-03-05 Automation Ind Inc Material tester
GB1266342A (en) * 1968-03-07 1972-03-08
US4689995A (en) * 1984-03-23 1987-09-01 Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Francais Method and apparatus for the non-destructive testing of railroad track rails
US4662224A (en) * 1984-03-26 1987-05-05 Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Francais Process and device for the automatic recognition and detection of discontinuities and irregularities in the rails of railroad tracks

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CN106314478A (en) * 2016-08-22 2017-01-11 合肥德泰科通测控技术有限公司 Iron rail flaw detection secondary impeller probe calibration test platform

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