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The detection of rail welds at high speed by eddy currents (TN-PHYS-7)

Last updated on 25 April 2014 4:34

A design of an electromagnetic system for the detection of rail welds at high speed from a moving vehicle has been produced. Hardware has been constructed and evaluated over a range of speeds by means of laboratory and rig testing. Satisfactory weld detection at speeds of 64 km/h on a...

Author(s): Birkbeck G;Hall KG

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1978

United Kingdom

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