Metallurgy, Vol. 53 No. 4, 2014.
Review article
Guidelines for the rail grade selection
M. Tomičić-Torlaković
; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
Over the years the rail steel manufacturing process and quality of material produced have improved significantly through alloy design and/or head treatment procedure. The objective of this paper is to give the recommendations for the application of the available rail steel grades in accordance with the accessible investigations. The main source are the results of the Innotrack project in correlation with Euronorm prEN 13674-1. The conclusion for the Serbian Railway is made.
Keywords
rail steel grades; criteria for selection; recommendations; wear; rolling contact fatigue
Hrčak ID:
122230
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Publication date:
1.10.2014.
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