RESULTS OF ROLLING LOAD AND SLOW-BEND TESTS OF BUTT-WELDED RAIL JOINTS

Results of 13 rolling-load and 13 slow-bend tests of butt-welded rail joints are described. The butt welded rail joints are made by the thermit (Exomet and Orgotherm process), the electric-flash and the oxyacetylene pressure butt-welding processes, and are submitted for testing to evaluate the various welding methods. Rolling-load tests are made on either use 12 in. or the 33 in. stroke rolling-load machine; slow-bend tests are made on supports 4 ft. apart with a two-point loading 6 in. on each side of the weld. Results of rolling load tests indicate that with the thermit weld orgotherm process and the thermit weld type from Exomet, Inc. a rail broke, but otherwise no failures occurred in butt-welded rail joints. Results of slow-bend tests indicate that a rail broke in each test situation, but that there was good structure in Southern Railroad's Thermit Weld (Orgotherm) specimen.

  • Corporate Authors:

    American Railway Engineering Association

    59 East Van Buren Street
    Chicago, IL  United States  60605
  • Publication Date: 1966-2

Media Info

  • Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
  • Pagination: p. 428-436
  • Serial:
    • AREA BULLETIN
    • Volume: 67 N
    • Issue Number: 598
    • Publisher: American Railway Engineering Association

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00052285
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jul 15 1976 12:00AM