THE PRESENT AND FUTURE IN RAIL FLAW DETECTION

Automation of the process of detecting rail flaws so this may be done more rapidly and accurately has progressed to the stage of preliminary design. In automating rail inspection, signal processing and data processing hardware, along with the system's hardware technology, are already available, offering the greatest promise for accomodating the high data rates of the multiple sensor system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 13th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference, Pueblo, Colorado, October 12-13, 1976, and included in the Conference Proceedings, "Railroading Challenges in America's Third Century--Improved Reliability and Safety," sponsored by the FRA's Office of Research and Development, U.S. DOT.
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Kaske, A D
  • Phipps, P L
• Conference:
  • Presented at the 13th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference, Pueblo, Colorado, October 12-13, 1976, and included in the Conference Proceedings, "Railroading Challenges in America's Third Century--Improved Reliability and Safety," sponsored by the FRA's O
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 52-59

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Defects; Detection and identification; Detectors; Information processing; Inspection cars; Railroad rails; Sensors; Technological forecasting
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rail flaw detection
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163792
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA/ORD-77/13 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 29 1977 12:00AM