On Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms

To ensure traffic safety of railway transport, non-destructive testing of rails is regularly carried out by using various approaches and methods, including magnetic and eddy current flaw detection methods. The paper is devoted to the problem of automatic determination of a threshold level of amplitu...

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Main Authors: Egor V. Kuzmin, Oleg E. Gorbunov, Petr O. Plotnikov, Vadim A. Tyukin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yaroslavl State University 2017-12-01
Series:Моделирование и анализ информационных систем
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Online Access:https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/613
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Oleg E. Gorbunov
Petr O. Plotnikov
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description To ensure traffic safety of railway transport, non-destructive testing of rails is regularly carried out by using various approaches and methods, including magnetic and eddy current flaw detection methods. The paper is devoted to the problem of automatic determination of a threshold level of amplitudes of useful signals (from defects and structural elements of a railway track) during the analysis of defectograms (records) of magnetic and eddy current flaw detectors. A signal is considered useful (and is subject to further analysis) if a deviation of its value from an average of all signals is at least twice the threshold noise level of rails. The probability of obtaining a signal from a section without structural elements (a rail noise signal) is characterized by the normal distribution law. Thus, the rule of three sigma can be used to calculate the threshold noise level. And a signal is useful if its amplitude deviation from a sample mean exceeds twice the threshold noise level. The paper proposes an algorithm for finding the threshold level of a rail noise and gives its theoretical justification, and it also examines examples of its operation on several fragments of real magnetic and eddy current defectograms.
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spelling doaj.art-4601aa29fa764f5a87b20ad5d44ad7982025-03-02T12:46:51ZengYaroslavl State UniversityМоделирование и анализ информационных систем1818-10152313-54172017-12-0124676077110.18255/1818-1015-2017-6-760-771447On Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current DefectogramsEgor V. Kuzmin0Oleg E. Gorbunov1Petr O. Plotnikov2Vadim A. Tyukin3P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State UniversityCenter of Innovative Programming, NDDLabCenter of Innovative Programming, NDDLabCenter of Innovative Programming, NDDLabTo ensure traffic safety of railway transport, non-destructive testing of rails is regularly carried out by using various approaches and methods, including magnetic and eddy current flaw detection methods. The paper is devoted to the problem of automatic determination of a threshold level of amplitudes of useful signals (from defects and structural elements of a railway track) during the analysis of defectograms (records) of magnetic and eddy current flaw detectors. A signal is considered useful (and is subject to further analysis) if a deviation of its value from an average of all signals is at least twice the threshold noise level of rails. The probability of obtaining a signal from a section without structural elements (a rail noise signal) is characterized by the normal distribution law. Thus, the rule of three sigma can be used to calculate the threshold noise level. And a signal is useful if its amplitude deviation from a sample mean exceeds twice the threshold noise level. The paper proposes an algorithm for finding the threshold level of a rail noise and gives its theoretical justification, and it also examines examples of its operation on several fragments of real magnetic and eddy current defectograms.https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/613nondestructive testingmagnetic and eddy current testingrail flaw detectionautomated analysis of magnetic and eddy current defectograms
spellingShingle Egor V. Kuzmin
Oleg E. Gorbunov
Petr O. Plotnikov
Vadim A. Tyukin
On Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
Моделирование и анализ информационных систем
nondestructive testing
magnetic and eddy current testing
rail flaw detection
automated analysis of magnetic and eddy current defectograms
title On Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_full On Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_fullStr On Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_full_unstemmed On Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_short On Finding a Threshold of Useful Signals in the Analysis of Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_sort on finding a threshold of useful signals in the analysis of magnetic and eddy current defectograms
topic nondestructive testing
magnetic and eddy current testing
rail flaw detection
automated analysis of magnetic and eddy current defectograms
url https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/613
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