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RAAI

Whole Life Rail Axle Assessment and Improvement Using Ultrasonic Phased array and Corrosion Inspection Systems

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Project "RAAI" data sheet

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Coordinator	ARXES-TOLINA GMBH Organization address address: PIESPORTER STR. 37 city: BERLIN postcode: 13088 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	Germany [DE]
Project website	http://www.raai-project.eu
Total cost	1˙574˙164 €
EC max contribution	1˙101˙914 € (70%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.3.4. (SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport) 2. H2020-EU.2.3.1. (Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument)
Code Call	H2020-SMEINST-2-2014
Funding Scheme	SME-2
Starting year	2015
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2015-12-01 to 2018-05-31

Partnership

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ARXES-TOLINA GMBH ARXES-TOLINA GMBH Organization address address: PIESPORTER STR. 37 city: BERLIN postcode: 13088 website: n.a. contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	DE (BERLIN)	coordinator	569˙204.00
2	APPLIED INSPECTION LIMITED APPLIED INSPECTION LIMITED Organization address address: OLD COLLIERY LANE HEATH ROAD HOLMEWOOD city: CHESTERFIELD postcode: S42 5RB website: www.appliedinspection.co.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	UK (CHESTERFIELD)	participant	270˙189.00
3	BTD BURO FUR TECHNISCHE DIAGNOSTIK GMBH & CO.KG BTD BURO FUR TECHNISCHE DIAGNOSTIK GMBH & CO.KG Organization address address: WENDSEEUFER 31 city: BRANDENBURG postcode: 14774 website: www.diatek.de contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	DE (BRANDENBURG)	participant	262˙521.00

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Project objective

The overall objective of the RAAI project is to develop novel NDT solutions for the corrosion assessment and crack detection as well as reliability software for high cycle variable amplitude corrosion fatigue of rail axles. Currently, the most sensitive non-destructive testing methods for inspection of rail axles are surface inspection methods designed for crack detection (such as MPI, eddy current and ACFM) and these do not typically attempt to measure corrosion. Besides current trend is that axles are withdrawn from service long before their design lives because of suspected corrosion developed on the axle surface. The decision to withdraw from service is taken without the full knowledge of the way in which the failure will result from corrosion as this requires a crack to initiate and the mechanism for this is unknown. RAAI aims to develop two novel methods: 1) corrosion assessment 2) phased array ultrasonic. The first method assesses the effect of corrosion on high-cycle fatigued component such as the axle and evaluates its remnant life thereby improving the sentencing of corroded axles. The second method is specifically for hollow axles of high speed trains and aims to improve the speed of the inspection (by 75%) and improve crack detection reliability (almost 100% with a crack of 2-3 mm depth) without dismantling the wheel-set and with minimum time of inspection. The primary impact of the project is to improve the competitiveness of the SMEs in the project by enabling them to provide NDT solutions to reducing the cost of and improving the safety margins of rolling stock operation. The consortium SMEs already have a presence in the railway inspection market and will have improved access to the €2 billion per annum market for in-service inspection equipment and services in Europe as a result of the RAAI.

Deliverables

List of deliverables.
maximum reliability and safety and cost-effective inspection	Documents, reports	2019-05-07 21:28:54
project website	Websites, patent fillings, videos etc.	2019-05-30 11:31:25

Take a look to the deliverables list in detail: detailed list of RAAI deliverables.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2018	Thomas HECKEL1, Rainer BOEHM1, Daniel BRACKROCK1, Wolfgang SPRUCH2, Toni BEGGEROW2, Sebastian JACOB2 1 Bundesanstalt fÃ¼r Materialforschung und -prÃ¼fung (BAM), Berlin, Germany 2 BÃ¼ro fÃ¼r Technische Diagnostik GmbH & Co. KG BTD, Brandenburg, Germany Using phased array probes and signal processing to increase sensitivity and reliability of railway axle inspection published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:		2019-07-08
2016	T. Heckel, R. Boehm, BAM Berlin, Germany W. Spruch, T. Beggerow, BTD Brandenburg, Germany High speed ultrasonic axle inspection using a phased array with an electronically rotated beam published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:		2019-07-08
2016	D. Panggabean, J. Rudlin, TWI Cambridge, UK RAAI project: new concepts for corrosion-fatigue assessment of axles published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:		2019-07-08
2016	S. Beretta, S. Galliani, A. Lo Conte, Politecnico di Milano, Italy RAAI Project: Life-prediction and prognostics for railway axles under of corrosion-fatigue damage published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:		2019-07-08
2017	S. Beretta, F. Sangalli, J. Syeda, D. Panggabean, J. Rudlin RAAI Project: Life-prediction and prognostics for railway axles under corrosion-fatigue damage published pages: 64-70, ISSN: 2452-3216, DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2017.07.010	Procedia Structural Integrity 4	2019-07-08
2017	Rainer Boehm, Thomas Heckel, Wolfgang Spruch, Toni Beggerow Ultrasonic Phased Array Design Study for High Speed Axle Inspection using an Electronically Rotating Beam published pages: 71-78, ISSN: 2452-3216, DOI: 10.1016/j.prostr.2017.07.001	Procedia Structural Integrity 4	2019-07-08
2018	R. Boehm, T. Heckel, D. Brackrock, BAM, Berlin, Germany W. Spruch, T. Beggerow, BÃ¼ro fÃ¼r Technische Diagnostik, Brandenburg, Germany High Speed Hollow Axle Inspection with a new designed Cone Type Phased Array published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:		2019-07-08
2017	R. Boehm, T. Heckel, M. BlankschÃ¤n, BAM Berlin, Germany W. Spruch, T. Beggerow, BTD Brandenburg, Germany Cone type Phased Array Design for High Speed Hollow Axle Inspection published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:		2019-07-08
2017	U. Voelz, H. Beier, arxes-tolina GmbH Berlin, Germany S. Beretta Politecnico di Milano, Italy Inspection Interval Software for Railway Axles published pages: , ISSN: , DOI:		2019-07-08

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