Best practices about rail defects: a review of the book “Defects of rails. Stresses and Damages”, Vol. 1 by K.-O. Edel, G. Budnitskiy, T. Schnitzer

The review analyzes a monograph published by Springer Vieweg publishing house, which presents scientific approaches to the problems of defect formation in railway rails. The advantages of the book under review include the analysis of statistical data on rail failures, description of test methods and...

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Main Author: E. A. Shur
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Joint Stock Company «Railway Scientific and Research Institute» 2021-06-01
Series:Вестник Научно-исследовательского института железнодорожного транспорта
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Online Access:https://www.journal-vniizht.ru/jour/article/view/519
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Summary:The review analyzes a monograph published by Springer Vieweg publishing house, which presents scientific approaches to the problems of defect formation in railway rails. The advantages of the book under review include the analysis of statistical data on rail failures, description of test methods and damage diagnostics. The book discusses in detail the widely occurring types of contact-fatigue defects formed during operation in the rail head: internal longitudinal shelling, multiple parallel head checks, surface squats und studs in the middle of the rolling surface with a greater or lesser degree deformations
ISSN:2223-9731
2713-2560