Tests were conducted to study shearing stresses in rail head and subsoil, flexural tensile stresses at rail head, and guiding efforts; results showed that increased axle pressures and reduced wheel radii give rise to higher stresses in rail head; if permissible shearing stress is exceeded, fatigue fractures occur in rail head; this can be counteracted by using steel of greater strength and purity. Translated from Eisenbahningenieur, July 1966.


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    Title :

    Stresses acting on rail -- Recent findings


    Additional title:

    Int Ry Congress Assn -- Monthly Bul


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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