A Cause for Cracking of Head-Check Rails

A Cause for Cracking of Head-Check Rails

MIKŁASZEWICZ Ireneusz, CZARNECKI Marcin

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Abstract. The paper presents the reasons for the emergence of one of the main defects of railway rails, such as cracking, and factors affecting its increase. It was found that vehicle cooperation with the rail and the forming of the rolling surface caused by the load, as well as the resulting rail stresses caused by the dynamics of rolling stock are the cause of the head-check of the rails. The influence of impact resistance on rail cracks in the occurrence of these defects is also presented.

Keywords
Head Check of Rail, Rolling Load, Strain Hardening Surface, Chemical Composition of Steels

Published online 7/16/2018, 6 pages
Copyright © 2018 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: MIKŁASZEWICZ Ireneusz, CZARNECKI Marcin, ‘A Cause for Cracking of Head-Check Rails’, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 5, pp 11-16, 2018

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291814-3

The article was published as article 3 of the book Terotechnology

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