ULTRASONIC 'EYES' ABOARD BRITISH TESTING TRAIN LOCATE RAIL DEFECTS

Ultrasonic "eyes" capable of detecting and recording hidden flaws in railroad tracks have been placed in use in Great Britain aboard a new rail testing train which travels as it works at speeds up to 25 mph. This paper reports the technique.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This abstract is also contained in "A Bibliography on the Design and Performance of Rail Track Structures", September 1974, RRIS #072794, which was prepared for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Nondestructive Testing

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  Evanston, IL  United States  60202
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 16A-18A
• Serial:
  • Materials Evaluation
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Society for Nondestructive Testing
  • ISSN: 0025-5327

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Detection and identification; Detectors; Inspection; Maintenance of way; Railroad rails; Ultrasonic tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rail flaw detection
• Old TRIS Terms: Detector cars; Rail inspection
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072813
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1976 12:00AM