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Modeling guided wave propagation with application to the long-range defect detection in railroad tracks
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Modeling guided wave propagation with application to the long-range defect detection in railroad tracks

Ivan Bartoli, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Mahmood Fateh and Erasmo Viola
NDT & E international : independent nondestructive testing and evaluation, v 38(5), pp 325-334
01 Jul 2005

Abstract

Finite elements Guided waves Rail inspection Wavelet transform
The aim of this work is to demonstrate the use of a commercial finite element package, ABAQUS EXPLICIT, to model ultrasonic guided waves in structural components. The particular application of interest is modeling the interaction of a broadband vertical bending mode with transverse-type defects in railroad tracks. This topic is part of a broader project on high-speed defect detection in rails by long-range ultrasonic inspections. Reflection coefficient spectra in the 20–45 kHz range are obtained for four different sizes and three different orientations of transverse head flaws. A preliminary study of Lamb waves in a free plate helps drawing modeling guidelines for the rail.

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