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LUL - allowable track geometry at bend-straightened joints (TM-MF-214)

Last updated on 12 April 2013 2:49

It has been suggested that the bend-straightening process be used to improve the geometry of dipped bolted joints on LUL. However it is known that this process tends to yield the fishplates, inducing tensile residual stresses in the skirt, which reduce the fatigue performance of the plates. This work outlines...

Author(s): Watson A S

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1990

United Kingdom

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