NONDESTRUCTIVE CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF CONCRETE RAILROAD TIES

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NONDESTRUCTIVE CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF CONCRETE RAILROAD TIES Paul Fisk, NDT Corporation

CORPORATION Nondestructive Concrete Testing Services 18 Years-600+ projects Developed Sonic/ultrasonic NDT Equipment

BACKGROUND Union Pacific Railroad Call Test Out of Service Ties Test Siding Ties Test Plymouth Commuter Rail Comparison of Impact Velocity Results with AMTRAK Rating

Impact Velocity and Echo Measurements Impact Velocity Measurements Compressional, Shear and Surface Wave Velocity Moduli Values Average Dynamic Strength Crack Density Impact Echo Measurements Thickness Delaminations

Impact Velocity Impact Echo

Properties Detected by SONIC/ULTRASONIC Testing Velocity Concrete Condition (strength, cracking) Thickness Resonant Frequencies Thickness Delamination Signal Attenuation Sample Test Data

CONCLUSION Sonic/ultrasonic results can be used to evaluate and document the current condition of concrete railroad ties Ties can be classified as Functional Marginally Functional-should be retested in the near future Non-Functional- take out of service

Automated Testing Estimated 1 tie per sec

SUMMARY Sonic/ultrasonic pulse velocity data can be used to evaluate and document the current condition of concrete railroad cross ties Ties classification correlates with systems currently used by rail roads Automated Sonic/ultrasonic data acquisition is fast (1 sec/tie)

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