Residual stresses in alumino-thermic welded rails

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 389-400

  Webster, P J ^a   Mills, G ^a   Wang, X D ^a   Kang, W P ^a   Holden, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alumino thermic; Neutron diffraction; Railway rails; Residual stress; Welds

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; HEAT AFFECTED ZONE; INCLUSIONS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; POROSITY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMIT WELDING; WELDS;

BALANCING COMPRESSION; NEUTRON STRAIN SCANNING;

RAILS;

EID: 0031272663     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0309324971513508     Document Type: Article

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