An investigation for control of residual stress in roller-straightened rails

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-268

  Srimani, S L ^a   Basu, J ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Rail; Rail manufacturing; Residual stress; Roller straightening machine; Straightness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRAIGHTENING; STRAIGHTENING MACHINES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

RAIL MANUFACTURING; ROLLER STRAIGHTENING MACHINE; STRAIGHTNESS;

RAILS;

EID: 0038613828     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/030932403765310581     Document Type: Article

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