DETECTION OF BASE SEAMS IN INLAID RAILS

A description of a test apparatus that has made possible the detection of rolling mill defects in the seams, located at the base of new rails, installed less than 2 yrs is presented. A semi-automated ultrasonic rail test car, operated at 5 km/hr, is demonstrated.

• 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:

  Society for Nondestructive Testing

  704 47th Street
  Los Alamos, NM  United States  87544
• Authors:
  • Veniza, G E
• Conference:
  • Intl Conf on Nondestructive Testing, 6th Proc
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 37-46
• Serial:
  • Volume: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Detection and identification; Inspection; Inspection cars; Nondestructive tests; Railroad rails; Structural tests; Ultrasonic tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rail flaw detection
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail inspection; Rail tests
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072818
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Session H, Rept. 4
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1976 12:00AM