Open AccessEddy Current Probe Configuration for Full Rail Top Surface Inspection
Author(s) -
Anouaressadate Aouf,
Tarik Bouchala,
Abdelhak Abdou,
B. Abdelhadi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
instrumentation, mesure, métrologie/instrumentation mesure métrologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.161
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2269-8485
pISSN - 1631-4670
DOI - 10.18280/i2m.200201
Subject(s) - robustness (evolution) , eddy current , head (geology) , acoustics , orientation (vector space) , surface (topology) , computer science , eddy current testing , materials science , computer vision , artificial intelligence , engineering , geology , electrical engineering , geometry , physics , mathematics , biochemistry , chemistry , geomorphology , gene
In this paper, we have carried out an experimental study of the detection of top rail surface cracks. Firstly, we have highlighted the inability to inspect the entire rail head surface by a single sensor with a single scan. To overcome this inspection inability, we have proposed a multisensor system composed of three differential probes arranged within a specific configuration. The yielded results showed the efficiency and the robustness of the proposed configuration in the detection of cracks regardless its size, orientation and location.