STRAIN GAUGING FOR RAILWAY ENGINEERING

The modern method of measuring steady and alternating stresses as applied to aircraft structures, is of great potential interest to railway engineers as a convenient and very accurate means of investigating the failure of rolling stock and all moving parts, loads on rails, crossovers, and so forth. The method described makes use of the wire-wound resistance gauge, which depends for its action on the fact that a stress applied to the gauge causes a small change in its resistance.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1944-10-13

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 335
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 81

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crossovers; Equipment design; Measuring instruments; Railroad rails; Railroad trains; Stresses; Technology; Tension
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contact stress; Tensile stress
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Rail stress
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037979
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1994 12:00AM