FASTENING THE RAILS ON TRACKS FOR VERY HEAVY LOADS

SCHIENENBEFESTIGUNG FUER SCHWERSTBELASTETE GLEISE

On a special testing machine, which is described and illustrated, rail assemblies were fatigue tested under pulsating loads. The assemblies consisted of the rail, fastened by double shank spring spikes to a steel base plate separated from the tar-oil saturated beechwood tie by a layer of plastic material. The results, which are given in great detail, lead to the conclusion that such an assembly can be expected to have a long service life even in 300 to 500 m long curves, when the mean axle loads are 360 kN and loads occasionally increase to 450 kN.

• 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:

  Verlag Stahleisen mbH

  Breite Strasse 27, Postfach 8229
  4 Dusseldorf 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • EISENMANN, J
• Publication Date: 1971-11-11

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Stahl und Eisen
  • Volume: 91
  • Issue Number: 22
  • Publisher: Verlag Stahleisen mbH

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance of way; Mechanical fatigue; Rail fasteners; Railroad rails; Structural tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail tests
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072840
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1976 12:00AM