A Fatigue Limit Diagram for Plastic Rail Clips

The purpose of this study is to develop a fatigue limit diagram for plastic rail clips. Firstly, a new fatigue limit diagram was formularized based on the mechanical properties of material and its fatigue limit under repeated load. The diagram is represented by the relationship between the mean strain and the strain amplitude. Secondly, the material of the clip was tested to obtain the accurate values of the fundamental properties that constitute the diagram. Finally, fatigue tests were carried out and the fatigue limit diagram was compared with the test results in order to check the validity of the diagram. As a result, it was concluded that the new fatigue limit diagram is available for estimating the fatigue strength of plastic rail clips.

• Summary URL:
  https://doi.org//10.2495/CR140701
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  http://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-the-built-environment/135/27126
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from WIT Press.
• Corporate Authors:

  WIT Press

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  Ashurst, Southampton  United Kingdom  SO40 7AA
• Authors:
  • Tamagawa, S
  • Kataoka, H
  • Deshimaru, T
• Conference:
  • 14th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Optimization (COMPRAIL 2014)
  • Location: Rome , Italy
  • Date: 2014-6-24 to 2014-6-26
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Computers in Railways XIV. Railway Engineering Design and Optimization
• Serial:
  • WIT Transactions on the Built Environment
  • Volume: 135
  • Publisher: Wessex Institute of Technology
  • ISSN: 1743-3509
  • Serial URL: http://library.witpress.com/pages/listBooks.asp?tID=2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deformation; Fatigue (Mechanics); Fatigue tests; Mechanical properties; Plastics; Railroads; Repeated loads; Strain (Mechanics)
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01552562
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845647667
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 2 2015 10:27AM