SURVEY OF RAIL FAILURES ON JNR

JNR examined 675 faulty rails as part of a comprehensive study of rail failures in Japan. This article examines some of the findings in relation to type of failure and cause. Sections are devoted to transverse cracks, vertically-split webs, impurity distribution, shatter cracks, tensile tests, heat treatment methods, chemical composition, and cold shortness. Photographs show some of the problems encountered.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1968-7-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 505-508
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 124

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contaminants; Corrosion; Cracking; Defects; Deterioration; Failure; Fatigue (Mechanics); Rail joints; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Shelling (Metals); Spalling; Splitting (Communications); Statistical analysis; Stresses; Surveys; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contamination
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Corrosion fatigue; End breaks; Fissures (Rails); Laps (Rails); Rail failure; Shelling; Shelling (Rails); Spalling (Rails); Splitting; Splitting (Rails); Web defects; Web defects (Rails)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037458
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 1976 12:00AM