INCREASING RAIL LIFE

Rails in track are subjected to various forms of wear, which significantly reduce the period of their effective operation. This paper presents results of research on increasing rail durability. The research included various phenomena occurring in track in specified operational conditions and factors influencing rail replacement. Documentation from several sections on various railway lines in Poland has been collected. The research of fatigue failures enables the durability of rails to be predicted. It is performed by extrapolation of function describing failure phenomenon. The research of rail corrugations makes possible to identify track locations to be ground. An important problem is to define how the rail should be ground. For the covering abstract see ITRD E123713.

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  ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

  46 CLUNY GARDENS
  EDINBURGH,   United Kingdom  EH10 6BN
• Authors:
  • BOGDANIUK, B
  • MASSEL, A
  • RADOMSKI, R
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RAILWAY ENGINEERING 2001, HELD LONDON, UK, 30 APRIL - 1 MAY 2001 - CDROM
  • Publisher: ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Durability; Fatigue (Mechanics); Forecasting; Maintenance; Railroad tracks; Wear
• Geographic Terms: Poland
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 5910: Durability; 5579: Fatigue (mater); 132: Forecast; 3847: Maintenance; 8089: Poland; 1062: Railway track; 5293: Wear
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00985518
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-947644-45-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 4 2005 12:00AM