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Guided Wave Propagation for Monitoring the Rail Base

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  • Guodong Yue
  • Xiushi Cui
  • Ke Zhang
  • Zhan Wang
  • Dong An

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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.

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  • Guodong Yue & Xiushi Cui & Ke Zhang & Zhan Wang & Dong An, 2020. "Guided Wave Propagation for Monitoring the Rail Base," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2020, pages 1-11, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:4756574
    DOI: 10.1155/2020/4756574
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