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Rail defect control: Validation of JSTAR live load stresses (RR-STR-96-020)

Last updated on 20 December 2013 10:59

In order to validate JSTAR version 1.6, a program that predicts the breakage risks of rails containing fishbolt hole cracks, two site trials have recently been completed. Measurements were made of fishbolt hole stresses, shear strains, sleeper deflections, joint geometries, vehicle types and vehicle speeds. From these and previously published...

Author(s): Beagles M.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1996

United Kingdom

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