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Evaluation of service life of jointed rails

Last updated on 27 September 2013 3:43

Stresses around fish bolt holes were clarified and a method to evaluate the fatigue life of the jointed rails was developed . Static loading tests and field tests were carried out to measure the stresses around fish bolt holes. A tensile stress field in the vertical direction occurred when joint...

Author(s): Kataoka Hiroo;Abe Noritsugi;Wakatsuki Osamu

Organisation(s): Railway Technical Research Institute ;

2001

Japan

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