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Use of heat treated rail on BR: Interim report (LR-MT-008)

Last updated on 13 August 2014 10:31

Wear resistant heat treated rail steel has been used on BR since 1985. Although its wear resistance was expected to be good, there was some concern about its ability to resist rolling contact fatigue damage in the form of head checking. The current work has been undertaken to review the...

Author(s): Allery M B P

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1993

United Kingdom

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