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Measuring SFT in rails - trial of portable system (ii) (LR-MF-122)

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Maintenance of the correct stress free temperature (SFT) in welded railway track is important in preventing track buckling in hot weather. Because of the difficulty and cost of present methods of measuring SFT, improved methods have been investigated, and a site trial of one such method, i.e. The change of...

Author(s): Watson A S;Sharpe K A

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1994

United Kingdom

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