Rotating Electromagnetic Field for Crack Detection in

Railway Tracks
Abstract The main problem about a railway analysis is
detection of cracks in the structure. If these deciencies are not
controlled at early stages they might cause huge economical
problems aecting the rail network (unexpected requisition of
spare parts, handling of incident and/or accidents). Within this
framework, the early and continuous use of Non Destructive
Tests can be useful. In this context, Eddy Current Testing is
increasing in importance and popularity. Particularly, in this
paper we exploit the measure of normal component, with respect
to the scanned surface, of magnetic eld. Whilst the scientic
literature proposes a lot of solutions for detecting sub-supercial
defects, an open problem is related to the geometrical
complexity of the structure and the relevant diculty of crack
detection. In this project Finite Element Method based approach
for modelling a fast and accurate evaluation of the defect in
railways tracks using MATLAB. The modelled system is
strongly versatile and the choice of electrical parameters aect
the design of new probes for this kind of inspection. In
particular, we propose a solution exploiting a rotating
electromagnetic eld with very encouraging results: The
proposed model is able to recognize deep and surface cracks
even if their orientations is vertical to the longitudinal direction
of the sensor.
Section-s07
Batch no:09
Team members:
V.SATISH
-13004336
P.YASWANTH -13004342
G.KALPANA
-13004356