A new model is presented for the calculation of the rail extension, the friction created by sleeper fastenings and the temperature-induced stress for continuously welded rail (CWR) under free conditions and the calculation and analysis of temperature-induced stress when the temperature is changing and the rail is anchored. The mechanism for generating friction and the phenomenon of rail creep (extension) on site are used to establish a law that states that the friction force of the fasteners is distributed from the center of the CWR section towards the two ends in increasing scale; this observation is used to derive a formula for calculation of the distribution of the friction force in CWR fastenings. Formulas for calculating the temperature-induced stress and its distribution are also derived. The presented results show that the distribution of temperature-induced stress is cone-shaped in the absence of rail creep (extension), and with creep it presents a tangent and a cone shape in anchored sections. A comparison with the traditional temperature-induced stress distribution pattern in a rail of a tangent constitutes an argument against the established methods. The results reported in this paper should play an important role in guiding site maintenance activities.


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    Title :

    A law for the temperature-induced stress distribution in continuously welded rail


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    Publication date :

    2015




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    55.30 Schienenfahrzeugtechnik, Eisenbahntechnik
    Local classification TIB:    275/7030



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