The Department of Transportation is offering a grant to explore non-contact passive rail flaw detection by utilizing natural acoustic vibrations induced in the rail, without active excitation. The grant aims to adapt the current rail flaw detection system for passive sensing, focusing on detecting Transverse Fissures, Detail Fractures, and Vertical Split Head Defects. This project seeks to increase coverage area by targeting the entire rail head section, leveraging low-frequency natural excitations. The closing date for applications is March 18, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 281958
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FR-RRD-16-002 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | FY16 Supplemental to Air-Coupled Rail Inspection Prototype Using Passive Approach |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 20.313 — Railroad Research and Development |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Mar 04, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 18, 2016 No Explanation |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Mar 18, 2016 No Explanation |
| Archive Date: | Apr 17, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $286,545 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Only The Regents of the University of California; University of California, San Diego is eligible to apply for this grant. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | DOT – Federal Railroad Administration |
| Description: | The main objective of this amendment is to explore and test the feasibility of exploiting the natural acoustic vibrations induced in the rail by the wheel-rail contact, to perform non-contact passive rail flaw detection at sustained speeds. The ultimate goal is therefore to adapt the current non-contact rail flaw detection system to sensing rail flaws in a passive manner (without active excitation). A further objective of the work is maintaining, as main targets of the inspection, the most relevant rail head defects, namely Transverse Fissures, Detail Fractures and Vertical Split Head Defects. At the same time, the utilization of the natural excitations (which occur at low frequencies) may enable increased coverage area beyond the currently targeted top half, to the entire rail head section. |
| Link to Additional Information: | FY16 Supplemental to Air-Coupled Rail Inspection Prototype Using Passive Approach |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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