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Velocity Dependency of Eddy Current Sensor for Rail Joint Gaps

Velocity Dependency of Eddy Current Sensor for Rail Joint Gaps

Authors :
Tsutomu Mizuno
H. Shinagawa
S. Kishimoto
Shigemi Enoki
Hajime Yamada
S. Watanabe
K. Takeshita
Source :
Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 29:310-315
Publication Year :
2005
Publisher :
The Magnetics Society of Japan, 2005.

Abstract

This paper deals with the velocity dependency of an eddy current sensor for measuring the rail joint gap using two air coils for ordinary railways. The sensor is able to detect the flux change due to the eddy current between the sensor and the rail. It is demonstrated that the sensor does not depend on the velocity in conditions where the exciting frequency is more than 50 kHz. The key points of this paper are as follows: (1) the principle of the measurement using a rail joint gap sensor composed of a detecting coil under an exciting coil; (2) the velocity dependency of the output voltage on a non-joint gap turn disk with an exciting frequency between 500 Hz and 1 MHz, and a velocity between 0.65 and 50 m/s (2.34 and 180 km/h); (3) the velocity dependency of the output voltage on a turn disk using two imitated joint gaps.

Details

ISSN :
02850192
Volume :
29
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........c1eaba64296121d86e9e8e9bbd1b268c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3379/jmsjmag.29.310