Stresses in rails: a further report on photo-elastic study of stresses on the cross-section of various flat bottom rails (E-198)

This report describes a photo-clastic study of the stress distribution on the cross-sections of the 109 lb./yd. and U.I.C. 54 Kg./metre F.B. rails together with the proposed 115 lb./yd. and the 116 lb./yd. P.B. thick webbed rails. In each case attention is confined to the stresses in the web and...