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Instrumentation for temperature wave measurement in flash butt welded rails (IM-IS-061)

Last updated on 02 December 2013 4:37

The work was carried out for the Fracture Mechanics Section on the 27th June 1972, the object of the tests being to examine the possibility of using measurements of the temperature wave generated on fracture to determine the fracture toughness of rail samples. Six specimens were tested, each having a...

Author(s): Richards A.N.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1972

United Kingdom

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