Author:Setshedi, Isaac I; Loveday, Philip W; Long, Craig S; Wilke, Daniel NDate:Jul 2019Guided wave based monitoring systems require accurate knowledge of mode propagation characteristics such as wavenumber and group velocity dispersion curves. These characteristics may be computed numerically for a rail provided that the material ...Read more
Author:Loveday, Philip W; Wilcox, PDDate:Mar 2010Guided wave propagation has been proposed as a means to monitor the axial loads in continuously welded railway rails although no practical system has been developed. In this paper, the influence of axial load on the guided wave propagation ...Read more
Author:Loveday, Philip W; Long, Craig SDate:Nov 2014The ability to measure the individual modes of propagation is very beneficial during the development of guided wave ultrasound based rail monitoring systems. Scanning laser vibrometers can measure the displacement at a number of measurement ...Read more
Author:Loveday, Philip W; Long, Craig S; Ramatlo, Dineo AMDate:Mar 2018Accurate computation of dispersion characteristics of guided waves in rails is important during the development of inspection and monitoring systems. Wavenumber versus frequency curves computed by the semi-analytical finite element method ...Read more