| Title | A Preliminary Description of Stresses in Railroad Rail |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 49074 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Johns, Thomas G.; Davies, Kent B. |
| Source | 136p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | Battelle Memorial Institute. Columbus Laboratories |
| Corporate Contributor |
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration |
| Publication Date | 19761101 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | One portion of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Track Performance Improvement Program is the development of engineering and analytic techniques required for the design and maintenance of railroad track of increased integrity and safety. Under the program management of the Transportation Systems Center (TSC), one portion of this program predicts the reliability of rail in track. A necessary requirement for the development of these techniques is the ability of determining the stress and strain history of the rails in service. This is necessary to form a more comprehensive basis for a quantitative understanding of flaw initiation and growth. This report is one of a series of reports that provide a comprehensive description of stresses in rail required for predicting the reliability of rail in track structures. It provides a description of stresses encountered in railroad rails compiled from information available in the literature before 1976. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10553 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10553 |
| TRT Terms | Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Railroad wheels; Wheels; Defects; Mechanical fatigue; Finite element method; Structural analysis; Force; Mathematical models; Residual stress; Stresses; Thermal stresses; Train track dynamics |
| General Subjects | Fatigue life; Stress concentration |
| Classification | NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - RAIL TRANSPORTATION; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Safety; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Rail Safety |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Contract Number | DOT-TSC-1038 |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-FRA-76-23; FRA-ORD-76-294; BATT-G-6266-0101 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49000/49074/DOT-TSC-FRA-76-23.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |