Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh waves

The present research focuses on evaluating the dislocation-induced material nonlinearity in rails caused by falling of parapets or large rocks during an earthquake or land-slide and consequently appraising their health status using an amplitude-based nonlinear parameter based on Rayleigh wave propag...

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Main Author: Masurkar, Faeez (author)
Other Authors: P Yelve, Nitesh (author), Tse, Peter (author)
Published: 2022
Online Access:https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/3529
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author Masurkar, Faeez
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description The present research focuses on evaluating the dislocation-induced material nonlinearity in rails caused by falling of parapets or large rocks during an earthquake or land-slide and consequently appraising their health status using an amplitude-based nonlinear parameter based on Rayleigh wave propagation. The falling of parapets or large rocks onto the rail is simulated through a laboratory experiment. Several cases are considered here with impacts of varying intensities to demonstrate the capability of the nonlinear parameter in diagnosing such damages in the rails. It is found that for a pristine specimen, the first peak of the amplitude-based nonlinear parameter matches well with the physics-based nonlinear parameter, whereas there is a considerable deviation between the two for the specimen with impact damage. Moreover, the linear ultrasonic parameter is also evaluated for different states of damage for studying its effectiveness in diagnosing impact damages in rails. The results reveal that the nonlinear ultrasonic-based method proposed here is very sensitive and helps characterize the health status of the rails in a baseline-free manner.
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spelling Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh wavesMasurkar, FaeezP Yelve, NiteshTse, PeterThe present research focuses on evaluating the dislocation-induced material nonlinearity in rails caused by falling of parapets or large rocks during an earthquake or land-slide and consequently appraising their health status using an amplitude-based nonlinear parameter based on Rayleigh wave propagation. The falling of parapets or large rocks onto the rail is simulated through a laboratory experiment. Several cases are considered here with impacts of varying intensities to demonstrate the capability of the nonlinear parameter in diagnosing such damages in the rails. It is found that for a pristine specimen, the first peak of the amplitude-based nonlinear parameter matches well with the physics-based nonlinear parameter, whereas there is a considerable deviation between the two for the specimen with impact damage. Moreover, the linear ultrasonic parameter is also evaluated for different states of damage for studying its effectiveness in diagnosing impact damages in rails. The results reveal that the nonlinear ultrasonic-based method proposed here is very sensitive and helps characterize the health status of the rails in a baseline-free manner.2026-01-22T07:55:29Z2022Articlehttps://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/3529enoai:bspace.buid.ac.ae:1234/35292026-01-22T07:55:30Z
spellingShingle Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh waves
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title Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh waves
title_full Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh waves
title_fullStr Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh waves
title_full_unstemmed Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh waves
title_short Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh waves
title_sort Nondestructive testing of rails using nonlinear Rayleigh waves
url https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/3529