INVESTIGATION OF FAILURES IN CONTROL-COOLED RAILROAD RAILS

A summary is tabulated of the number and types of rail failure, while a detailed account of each type of failure is given. Sources, rail size, mill, date of manufacture as well as failure class are also included.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Engineering Association

  59 East Van Buren Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60605
• Authors:
  • Cramer, R E
• Publication Date: 1953

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1186-93
• Serial:
  • AREA BULLETIN
  • Volume: 54
  • Publisher: American Railway Engineering Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bolts; Cracking; Defects; Failure; Holes; Rail joints; Railroad rails; Technology
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Bolt holes; Fissures (Rails); Laps (Rails); Rail failure; Splitting (Rails); Star cracks (Rails); Voids (Rails)
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039452
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM