SIXTEENTH PROGRESS REPORT ON SHELLY RAIL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Three rolling-load tests are reported on chrome-vanadium rails. One specimen ran 4,874,000 cycles. One failed at 14,831,000 cycles, a record for this type of rail. A third specimen ran 2,857,000 cycles before it developed shelling. Seven rolling-load tests to produce shelling failures in high-silicon rails averaged 2,277,000 cycles. Past tests of standard carbon steel rails have averaged 1,000,000 cycles in the same rolling-load test. Results are given of the examination of several detail fractures and one shelly rail from service.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Engineering Association

  59 East Van Buren Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60605
• Authors:
  • Cramer, R E
• Publication Date: 1958-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 975-981
• Serial:
  • AREA BULLETIN
  • Volume: 59
  • Issue Number: 542
  • Publisher: American Railway Engineering Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Dynamic loads; Railroad rails; Shelling (Metals); Technology
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Shelling; Shelling (Rails)
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00040584
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM