The Measurement of Residual Stress in Railway Rails by Diffraction and other Methods

Journal of Neutron Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 187-193

  Kelleher, J ^a   Prime, M B ^b   Buttle, D ^c   Mummery, P M ^a   Webster, P J ^d   Shackleton, J ^a   Withers, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contour method; Plastic deformation; Railway rails; Residual stress; Stress balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746794477     PISSN: 10238166     EISSN: 14772655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10238160410001726602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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