Rail-base corrosion analysis: A major factor that shortens the service life of rail in North American transit systems

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 39-54

  Hernández, F C Robles ^a   Koch, Kevin ^a  

^a TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Rail steels; Rail base corrosion; Transit systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORROSION; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; SAFETY FACTOR; SERVICE LIFE;

RAIL STEELS; STRESS CONCENTRATORS;

STEEL;

EID: 40749156988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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