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Study on behavior characteristics of turnout and bridge

Last updated on 22 March 2013 5:23

When CWR (continuous welded rail) turnout is installed on a viaduct, thermal stress exerted by the expansion of deck on the viaduct can cause rail buckling and break. This additional stress may cause anti-creeper damage between tongue rail and stock rail, and get worse the stability of train operation. Therefore,...

Author(s): Kim In Jae;Yang Sin Choo;Han Sang Chul

Organisation(s): Korea Rail Network Authority ; Korea Railroad Research Institute ; Seoul National University of Technology ;

2008

South Korea

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