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Coenraad Esveld
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Esveld Consulting Services
Consulting
Publications
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Measuring length: 1,000 mm in accordance with the CEN standards for weld geometry; sampling interval 5 mm;
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Data storage: unlimited on PDA internal memory or Secure Digital (SD) card;
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Data transfer to desktop PC via Active Sync, Windows Mobility Center, memory card, or network (GPRS, or wifi);
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Desktop software for presentation of results. Easy to generate reports in, for instance, pdf format;
10. High
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11. Measuring principle transducers: eddy current. Results not influenced by moisture, rust, dirt and the real metal
surface is measured;
12. Bottom of RAILPROF is resistant to temperatures up to 150 C;
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MAIN APPLICATIONS
Checking and acceptance of flash butt welds, thermit welds and glued insulated
joints;
Positioning of rails before welding;
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Mostly used:
Versine: 0 < p < 0.3 mm
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9 % correlation
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91 % correlation
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QI
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FORCE-BASED ASSESSMENT
OF
WELD GEOMETRY
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QUALITY INDEX
Inclinationmax
QI =
1
Inclinationnorm
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Standards
Lateral Rail Geometry
Speed [km/h] Versine p [mm]
80 < V 300
-0.5 p 0.5
40 < V 80
-0.7 p 0.7
V 40
-1.0 p 1.0
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z0 0.3 mm
z z0 sin
2 x
dz 2
z0
dx
Velocity
Versine
[mm]
Inclination
[mrad]
40 km/h
1.02
3.2
80 km/h
0.76
2.4
140 km/h
0.57
1.8
200 km/h
0.41
1.3
300 km/h
0.29
1.0
Old Norm
0.30
1.0
For 80 km/h the new norm is 2.5 times more favorable than the old norm, provided
short waves have been ground off.
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HSL-SOUTH
INFRASPEED
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cumulative frequency
0.8
0.6
0.4
CDF of weld quality
welds with unsatisfactory initial quality
before GWM
after GWM
0.2
QI = 1 0.7 mrad
0
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Quality Index QI (300 km/h)
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cumulative frequency
0.8
0.6
CDF of weld quality,
HSL-South, Northern part
test section
West, before Speno
West, after Speno
East, before Speno
East, after Speno
0.4
0.2
1.9
0
0
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2
QI = 1 0.7 mrad
3.6
4
5
6
Quality Index QI (300 km/h)
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24 kN
40 kN
46 kN
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Lifetimenew Forig.
Lifetimeorig. Fnew
Fwheel Fwheel, stat Fwheel, dyn
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20
30
40
50
60
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Renewal
70 %
Manual
maintenance
20 %
Mechanical
Maintenance 10 %
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Cumulative Frequency
0.8
0.6
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SELECTION ON PRORAIL
81%
60%
0.4
31%
0.2
CDF
Moerdijk - Dordrecht (VSRT)
Delft - Den Haag
Lage Zwaluwe - Hollands Diep
0
0
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5
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Weld Quality Index [-] (140 km/h)
9
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140 80 40 km/h
Cumulative Frequency
0.8
73%
0.6
58%
46%
0.4
0.2
3%
0
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. Inclination of Weld Geometry (25 mm base) [mrad]
Maximum Absolute
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DESKTOP SOFTWARE
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GRINDING SOFTWARE
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1 mm
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QI = 1 1 mrad
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RAILPROF Customers
Volker Rail
BAM Rail
Metro Bilbao
AVE
Voest Railpro
Seoul Metro
Metro de Madrid
Strukton Rail
Equipment
Strukton NV
TUC Rail
Kelsan
Sersa
Rheda
2000/Infraspeed
Zagreb University
RailOK
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Netherlands
Netherlands
Spain
Spain
Netherlands
Korea
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Belgium
UK
Switzerland
QR
TSTG Schienen
Technik (now Voest)
Sumitomo Metal
Technology
Spitzke
KORAIL
Southwest Jiaotong
University
Fortescue Metals
Group
Yapiray
Australia
Germany
Japan
Netherlands/
Germany
Korea
China
Australia
Turkey
Netherlands
Croatia
Netherlands
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