Abstract
The authors provide the results of experiments they have conducted on rail at test tracks and on an operating railroad. Results are presented that suggest that the frequency range [40,80] kHz readily supports guided waves. Theoretical results including roots of the dispersion relations for rail and a sample of wave displacement within a railhead are presented. Non-contact air-coupled and electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) are discussed as receivers of sound energy emanating from rail. The results of an experiment that used air-coupled transducers to profile the radiation pattern of a rail are presented. A rail cutting experiment with EMATs that simulated a transverse rail defect is discussed. Conclusions that the authors have drawn from their work are summarized at the end of the paper.
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