PREVENTION AND CURE OF RAIL CORRUGATION

The author has discovered that corrugation is a function of track modulus and wheel loading. There is a critical range of shear and compressive stress within which rail corrugation takes places but below or above this range the phenomenon is absent, possibly because wear particles are either not generated or they are removed altogether. Not only will correct matching of track modulus, to axleloads carried avoid generation, but elimination of a mismatch will also cause existing corrugation to disappear without the need for grinding.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Srinivasan, M
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 97-101
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Deformation; Force; Pavement corrugations; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Railroad wheels; Wheel loads; Wheels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rail corrugation
• Old TRIS Terms: Axle loadings; Track deformation
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125869
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1976 12:00AM