INSTRUMENTED INSPECTION OF RAILROAD RAIL QUALITIES

INSTRUMENTAL'NYI KONTROL KAHESTVA ZHELEZNODOROZHNYKH REL'SOV

This proceedings includes the following reports: The effect of metallurgical defects on the reliability of rails; On the effect of operational factors on removal of individual rails as affected by manufacturing defects; Ultrasonic inspection of the micro- and macro-structure of rail metal; Inspection of the depth of the surface hardened zone of rail; The effect of rail steel composition on its magnetic properties; Factory testing of a magnetic hardness tester; Nondestructive testing of hardened stock rail; Magnetic testing of the qualities of surface-hardened switch points; Modernization of facility for continuous testing of rail hardness; Automatic devices for testing curvature of rails; Magnetic testing of end distortion of rails; Method of detecting surface defects on rail flanges; Testing qualties of rail metal at French steel mills; Instrumented methods of evaluating the impact strength of rails; Testing rails by measuring deformation and destruction; Research on rail testing towers.

Supplemental Notes:
- Table of Contents only is available in English, original untranslated as of December 1976.
Corporate Authors:
All-Union Labor Red Banner Railway Research Inst

USSR Ministry of Railways
Moscow B-174, USSR
Publication Date: 1974

Language

Russian

Media Info

Pagination: 111 p.

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Alloy steel; Crash tests; Defects; Detection and identification; Electromagnetic properties; Fluxes; Inspection; Metal hardening; Metal heating; Rail steel; Railroad rails; Switches (Railroads); Test facilities; Testing; Ultrasonic tests
Uncontrolled Terms: Heat treatment; Magnetic flux; Rail flaw detection
Old TRIS Terms: Rail hardening; Rail steel metallurgy; Switch points
Subject Areas: Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00144460
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
Files: TRIS, USDOT
Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM