The Assessment of Rail Steels

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn STP 644, Issue , 1978, Pages 80-98

  Morton, K ^a   Cannon, D F ^a   Clayton, P ^a   Jones, E G ^a  

^a Railway Technical Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fatigue (materials); fracture strength; railroad tracks; steels; wear

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; RAILROADS; RAILS;

EVALUATION METHODS; FATIGUE (MATERIAL); FATIGUE MATERIALS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MATERIALS EVALUATION; RAIL STEEL; SERVICE ENVIRONMENT;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 84919005164     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/STP27104S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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