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Development of a unified railway track stability management tool to enhance track safety

Last updated on 08 August 2014 3:09

Track buckling is a serious problem for railways. High longitudinal rail stresses contribute to problems such as track buckling, rail joint failure, rail breakage and failure of turnouts. The direct and indirect costs of track buckling problems are very high. The influences of rail temperature, stress-free temperature (SFT) and lateral...

Author(s): Ahmad S;Mandal N;Chattopadhyay G;Powell J

Organisation(s): Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia ; Centre for Railway Engineering, Australia ; CRC for Rail Innovation, Australia ; Queensland Rail, Brisbane, Australia ;

2013

Australia

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