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Minimising rail lifecycle costs using Track-Ex© damage and cost estimates

Last updated on 18 January 2013 3:43

Network Rail, in conjunction with GB industry stakeholders, has developed an easy to use tool "Track-Ex" that predicts Rolling Contact Fatigue (RCF) cracks and Wear as well as loss of ground rail profile. Track-Ex bases these damage estimates upon the TGamma contact patch energy concept originally developed by British Rail...

Author(s): Dembosky M.A.;Greenwood S.P.;Doherty A.

Organisation(s): Network Rail ;

2011

United Kingdom

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