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Development and Evaluation of Rail Steel Grade for Damage Restraint to High Rail in Curve Sections

Last updated on 11 September 2017 9:11

The head hardened rail (HH340 rail, 340HB) which is harder than the normal rail (AS rolled rail, 270HB) is used as the high rail in curve sections to reduce the wear. The HH340 rail shows a wear resistantce effect. However, in late years, the Gauge Corner Cracking occurs to the...

Author(s): Yoshikazu KANEMATSU;Motohide MATSUI;Masahiro TSUIJIE

Organisation(s): Railway Technical Research Institute ;

2017

Japan

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