Rail defects: an overview

For about 150 years, the steel rail has been at the very heart of the world's railway systems. The rail works in a harsh environment and, as part of the track structure, it has little redundancy; thus, its failure may lead to catastrophic derailment of vehicles, the consequences of which can include death, injury, costs and loss of public confidence. These can have devastating and long‐lasting effects on the industry. Despite the advances being made in railway permanent way engineering, inspection and rail‐making technology, continually increasing service demands have resulted in rail failure continuing to be a substantial economic burden and a threat to the safe operation of virtually every railway in the world. This paper presents an overview of rail defects and their consequences from the earliest days of railways to the present day.     

青藏铁路物资储备基地建设

结合青藏铁路建设物资储备基地的实际情况，探讨了铁路线统购统发材料的管理模式及业务流程，总结出在实际工作中应借鉴的经验和注意的问题。     

Corrosion failure of Zn–Al detonator housing

Some batches of detonator housings made up of Chromium plated Zn–Al alloy were found in an extensively cracked condition after few months of storage at room temperature. An analysis of the failure showed that the cracks were due to intergranular corrosion facilitated by segregation of lead at the grain boundaries. Improper chromium plating further aggravated the corrosion problem. This failure case emphasises the need for strict control of chemical composition for components made from Zn–Al alloy and the process of Cr plating of the components.     

2RE69/Zr702双金属管氨汽提塔关键部件的设计与制造

介绍了2RE69／Zr702双金属管的特殊结构、优良耐蚀性能，与管板的连接接头型式及焊接工艺、管头及液体分布器加工、装配和试验。     

Plane Problem for Layered Composites with Periodic Array of Interfacial Cracks Under Compressive Static Loading

The current paper addresses the problem of 2-D modelling of the onset of failure process in a layered composite with periodic array of interfacial cracks under static compression along layers. The statement of the problem is based on the most accurate approach, the model of piecewise-homogenous medium. The condition of plane strain state is considered. The shear and the extensional buckling modes are examined. The laminae are modelled by transversally isotropic material (a matrix reinforced by continuous parallel fibres). The complex non-classical failure mechanics problem is solved utilizing finite element analysis. It is found that the 0°-plies volume fraction, the crack length and the mutual position of cracks influence the critical strain in the composite.     

激光束偏转法检测金属表面层的缺陷

本文编程计算了由激光光热应产业的金属表面的温度分布和泵浦光的调制频率、金属层厚度等的关系，预言检测浓度缺陷的能力。用激光光束偏转法检测到表面下不同深处的缺陷，并把面扫描幅值信号以三维象和灰度象显示。     

俄罗斯第三代电磁探伤仪的应用与推广

在油水井生产过程中,由于周围环境的影响,套管发生变形、损坏和腐蚀,直接影响油田的正常生产。多层管柱电磁探伤测井技术利用电磁感应原理实现对井下多层管柱的腐蚀、变形、裂缝及壁厚进行检测。介绍俄罗斯最新产的电磁探伤测井仪MID-K的原理方法、仪器结构及特点,并用测井资料展示其在单套管和多层管内进行套管检查中良好的应用效果。     

Texture crack detection

Automatic visual inspection has become one of the active research issues in machine vision technology in the past decades. Most of the methodologies developed address the problems of defect detection on a nontextured or regularly textured surface. However, problems in detecting defects on a randomly textured surface, especially cracks, have not received much attention. In this paper, we present a novel algorithm that uses a Wigner model to identify cracks in complex textural backgrounds, regardless of whether the inspected surface is randomly or regularly textured. We also investigate the windowing characteristics of the Wigner distribution and their impact on crack detection. Some of the Brodatz' natural texture images have been used for evaluating the performance of the algorithm. Promising results are obtained and presented in this paper.     

Current ISI and monitoring technologies in European energy industries

This paper reviews available information on the state of practice of inservice material property monitoring performed in European energy industries. Current practice includes a range of standard nondestructive testing and monitoring methods, improved remote sampling and surveillance specimen testing, and new monitoring techniques which are emerging from ongoing development programs. These new technologies include ultrasonic, positron annihilation, neutron diffraction, and magnetic techniques.