An easy instrument and a methodology for the monitoring and the diagnosis of a rail

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 940-956

  Delprete, C ^a   Rosso, C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE DAMAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSDUCERS;

DAMAGE MODELS; FLEXURAL MOMENTS; LATERAL FORCES; LIFE ASSESSMENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; NEW PARAMETERS; RESIDUAL LIVES; ROLLING CONTACTS; SYSTEMATIC METHODOLOGIES; TRAIN SAFETIES;

RAILS;

EID: 58149132301     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Bogdaniuk B., Massel A., and Radomski R. Increase rail life by forecasting fatigue failure. NDT&E International 36 (2003) 131-134
2. Grohmann H.D., Hempelmann K., and Thebing A.G. A new type of RCF, experimental investigations and theoretical modelling. Wear 253 (2002) 67-74
3. Dang Van K., and Maitournam M.H. On some recent trends in modelling of contact fatigue and wear in rail. Wear 253 (2002) 219-227
4. Cannon D.F., and Pradier H. Rail rolling contact fatigue. Research by the European Rail Research Institute. Wear 191 (1996) 1-13
5. Ringsberg J.W. Life prediction of rolling contact fatigue crack initiation. International Journal of Fatigue 23 (2001) 575-586
6. Di Majo F. Costruzioni di materiale ferroviario (1979), Levrotto e Bella
7. Clayton P. Predicting the wear of rails on curves from laboratory data. Wear 181-183 (1995) 11-19
8. Liu C.D., Bassim M.N., and Lawrence S.S. Dependence of fatigue limit of rail steels on stress intensity factor near inclusions. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 50 2 (1995) 301-307
9. Ringsberg J.W., Loo-Morrey M., Josefson B.L., Kapoor A., and Beynon J.H. Prediction of fatigue crack initiation for rolling contact fatigue. International Journal of Fatigue 22 (2000) 205-215
10. Magel E.E., and Kalousek J. The application of contact mechanics to rail profile design and rail grinding. Wear 253 (2002) 308-316
11. Kapoor A., Franklin F.J., Wong S.K., and Ishida M. Surface roughness and plastic flow in rail wheel contact. Wear 253 (2002) 257-264
12. Ringsberg J.W., and Lindback T. Rolling contact fatigue analysis of rails including numerical simulations of the rail manufacturing process and repeated wheel-rail loads. International Journal of Fatigue 25 (2003) 547-558
13. Moreau A. La verification de la sécurité contre le déraillement. Revue Gènèrale des Chamins de Fer 4 (1987) 25-32
14. C. Delprete, C. Rosso, Dispositivo di misura per i carichi agenti su rotaie, Italian Patent no. TO2004A000649, 2004 extended as PCT.
15. C. Delprete, C. Rosso, Multi-purpose transducer for railway applications, Proceedings of the XXIII IMAC Conference, Orlando, FL, USA, 2005, paper no. 162.
16. R. Ciuffi, A. Bracciali, F. Piccioli, Progetto e validazione di un sensore estensimetrico multifunzione per il binario ferroviario, XXX Congresso AIAS, Alghero, I, 2001, pp. 901-912.
17. UNI 3141-1991, Rotaie per linee ferroviarie, Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione, Milano, I, 1991.
18. Johnson K.L. Contact Mechanics (1985), Cambridge University Press
19. Johnson K.L. The effect of a tangential contact force upon the rolling motion of an elastic sphere on a plane. Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the ASME 25 (1958) 339-346
20. Johnson K.L., and Vermeulen P.J. Contact of non spherical elastic bodies transmitting tangential forces. Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of the ASME (1964) 338-340
21. Sackfield A., and Hills D.A. Some useful results in the classical Hertz contact problem. Journal of Strain Analysis 18 2 (1983) 101-105
22. Sackfield A., and Hills D.A. Some useful results in the tangentially loaded Hertzian contact problem. Journal of Strain Analysis 18 2 (1983) 107-110
23. Sackfield A., and Hills D.A. A note on the Hertz contact problem: a correlation of standard formulae. Journal of Strain Analysis 18 3 (1983) 195-197
24. W. Poole, The measurement of the contact area between opaque objects under static and dynamic rolling conditions, in: G.M.L. Gladwell, H. Ghonem, J. Kalousek (Eds.), Proceedings of the Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems II, University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, 1986, pp. 59-72.
25. 〈www.mermec.com/MermecFE/Catalogo/Dettaglio.aspx?oidprod=000008 〉, MER MEC Track Surface Defection System, MER MEC.
26. Clark M., McCann D.D., and Forde M.C. Infrared thermographic investigation of railway track ballast. NDT&E International 35 (2002) 83-94
27. Zagyapan M., and Fairfield C.A. Continuous surface wave and impact methods of measuring the stiffness and density of railway ballast. NTD&E International 35 (2002) 75-81
28. Jack R., and Jackson P. Imaging attributes of railway track formation and ballast using ground probing radar. NTD&E International 32 (1999) 457-462
29. A. Lundqvist, T. Dahlberg, Load impact on railway track due to unsupported sleepers, Proceedings of the IMechE Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Vol. 219, Part F, 2005, pp. 67-77.
30. Nielsen J.C.O., and Igeland A. Vertical dynamic interaction between train and track-influence of wheel and track imperfections. Journal of Sound and Vibration 187 5 (1995) 825-839