On South African Railways several types of locomotives were inducing excessively high stresses on curved track; series of experiments and theoretical considerations on forces exerted by wheel on rail, lateral bending, and combined twisting and lateral bending; resultant equations and graphs; bending stress of 15 tons/sq in. in rail base adopted as admissible working stress on curved track.


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    Title :

    Calculation of bending stresses in rails on curved track


    Additional title:

    Civ Engr S Africa


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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