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Repair of wheel-burnt rails by welding (TN-FM-074)

Last updated on 12 July 2013 2:32

Three welding processes, manual metal arc, thermit and oxy-acetylene gas welding have been evaluated for the repair of wheel-burnt rail in track. The method used to evaluate the welding processes was to machine sections from the head of new BS11 rail, repair weld the heads and then fatigue test the...

Author(s): Ward D.W.A.;Ashton M.E.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1977

United Kingdom

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