FLAME HARDENING OF RAIL HEADS

FLAMMVERGUETEN VON SCHIENENKOEPFEN

A heat treating method, derived from flame hardening, was developed at the West German Federal Railroads to improve the strength properties of rails in order to prevent damages caused by higher loads and increased speeds. This method is described and the results obtained on various standard rail steels.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This abstract is also contained in "A Bibliography on the Design and Performance of Rail Track Structures", September 1974, RRIS #072794, which was prepared for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Carl Hanser Verlag

  Kolbergerstrasse 22
  D-8000 Munich 80,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Geiss, A
  • Rose, A
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 393-402
• Serial:
  • Werkstatt und Betrieb
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Carl Hanser Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flame hardening; Heat treated rail; Metal heating; Rail steel; Railhead
• Uncontrolled Terms: Heat treatment
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail metallurgy
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072811
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1976 12:00AM