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Investigation of fracture of flash welds in 109 LB rail at Conington (E.R.) (TM-MF-056)

Last updated on 17 May 2013 3:28

Some flash welds were found to contain fatigue cracks which initialed horizontally at the upper fillet radius and propagated into the web on a horizontal plane. Advice was sought regarding the propagation rate of these cracks. The unusual nature of the problem promoted the measurement of service strains in the...

Author(s): Cheesewright P.R.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1984

United Kingdom

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