Guided Wave Propagation for Monitoring the Rail Base

Guodong Yue, Xiushi Cui, Ke Zhang, Zhan Wang and Dong An

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2020, vol. 2020, 1-11

Abstract:

In order to monitor the rail base, the dispersion characteristics and propagation properties of the guided wave are studied. Firstly, two modes named as Modes V 1 and V 2 are selected by the semianalytical finite element method (SAFE). The region at the bottom edge can be monitored by Mode V 1 , while the junction of the base edge and the flange can be detected by Mode V 2 . Then, the characteristics in the propagation process are analyzed using the finite element method (FEM). The two modes can be separated about 0.6 ms after they are excited. Thirdly, a wave attenuation algorithm based on mean is proposed to quantify the wave attenuation. Both waves can have weak attenuation and be detected within 5 m. Finally, a mode-identified experiment is performed to validate the aforementioned analysis. And a defect detection experiment is performed to demonstrate the excellent monitoring characteristics using Mode V 2 . These results can be used to monitor the rail base in practice engineering.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1155/2020/4756574

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