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Load environment and force transfer in railway fastening systems: A case study of the broken spike mystery

Last updated on 09 March 2020 3:54

North American railways have experienced at least 10 wide-gauge derailments since 2000 that were due to broken spikes or screws in timber sleepers, and similar failures have also been observed in other parts of the world. Derailment investigations found that spikes or screws were broken within the sleeper such that...

Author(s): Roadcap Tom;Dersch Marcus;Edwards J. Riley

Organisation(s): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Technical University of Munich ;

2019

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