Testing of HSH® rails in high-speed tracks to minimise rail damage

Wear

Volumn 258, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1014-1021

  Heyder, René ^a   Girsch, Gregor ^b  

^a DEUTSCHE BAHN AG   (Germany)

^b Voest Alpine AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corrugation; Maintenance strategy; Rail material; Rolling contact fatigue; Wear

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAILS; ROLLING; STRESSES;

GRINDING TESTS; HARDENED RAILS; RAIL GRADES;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

RAILWAY;

EID: 13844289365     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.03.050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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