ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Rail and Rolling Stock
An Investigation of Shell and Detail Cracking in Railroad Rails
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Published:2019
Abstract
A failure analysis case study on railroad rails is presented. The work, performed under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation, addresses the problem of shell and detail fracture formation in standard rails. Fractographic and metallographic results coupled with hardness and residual stress measurements are presented. These results suggest that the shell fractures form on the plane of maximum residual tensile stresses. The formation of the shells is aided by the presence of defects in the material in these planes of maximum residual stress. The detail fracture forms as a perturbation from the shell crack under cyclic loading and...
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Member Sign InRavi Rungta, Richard C. Rice, Richard D. Buchheit, David Broek, An Investigation of Shell and Detail Cracking in Railroad Rails, ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Rail and Rolling Stock, ASM International, 2019, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.rail.c9001659
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