This project is an analysis of the rail flaw data for the Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI). Six major railroads provided TTCI with defective rail, that had been removed from service. The rail, which contained a variety of defects, was placed ito a gauntlet track at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC). The gauntlet track is known as the Railflaw Detection Test Facility (RDTF) and is a railroad industry tool, in cooperation with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the evaluate rail flaw detection technology.
An approach to detecting and characterizing internal defects in rail through the use of phased array ultrasonic testing has shown the potential to red...
The study was undertaken to identify existing rail inspection system capabilities and methods which might be used to improve these capabilities. Task ...
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