Sychrotron X-ray measurements of residual stress in a worn railway rail

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 404-407, Issue , 2002, Pages 767-772

  Webster, P J ^a   Hughes, D J ^a   Mills, G ^a   Vaughan, G B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Railway rails; Residual stress; Synchrotron radiation; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; ROLLING; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ROLLING CONTACT STRESSES;

RAILS;

EID: 17144441556     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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