THE CAMERA SYSTEM FOR RADIOGRAPHY OF ALUMINO-THERMIC RAIL WELDS IN TRACK

Broken rails present a risk to the safe operation of trains and to the travelling public. They also present a risk to reliability and train performance. Development work conducted to date, verified by site trails have demonstrated conclusively that radiography of Alumino-Thermic rail welds on site can be conducted safely and effectively in a railway environment. Further, it can be demonstrated that the resulting images produced may be used to identify any metallurgical defects in rail welds, which is not possible using the current non destructive testing techniques. The images may be retained as a record of asset condition for future reference. For the covering abstract see ITRD E123713.

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  ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

  46 CLUNY GARDENS
  EDINBURGH,   United Kingdom  EH10 6BN
• Authors:
  • RANSOM, P L
  • PALLET, K
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 7 p.
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RAILWAY ENGINEERING 2001, HELD LONDON, UK, 30 APRIL - 1 MAY 2001 - CDROM
  • Publisher: ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Condition surveys; Conferences; Defects; Nondestructive tests; Railroad tracks; Test procedures; Welding
• ITRD Terms: 3857: Condition survey; 8525: Conference; 5238: Defect (tech); 6216: Non destructive testing; 1062: Railway track; 6288: Test method; 3852: Welding
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00985521
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-947644-45-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 4 2005 12:00AM