CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNAL FATIGUE CRACKS AS EXEMPLIFIED BY RAIL FRACTURE

OSOBENNOSTI ZAROZHDENIYA I RAZVITIYA VNUTRENNIKH TRESHCHIN USTALOSTI NA PRIMERE RAZRUSHENIYA REL'SOV

Experimental data are presented that have been obtained during an investigation into the failure of railroad rails. Specific features of this kind of fracture are studied. They are connected with cold hardening of the rail surface layer and generation of cracks within the material.

• Corporate Authors:

  Plenum Publishing Company

  227 West 17th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10011
• Authors:
  • Ravitskaya, T M
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Language

• Russian

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 77-82
• Serial:
  • Problemy Prochnosti
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Plenum Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Failure; Railroad rails; Steel
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail failure; Rail flaw propagation
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095633
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1976 12:00AM