Structural integrity assessment of rail steel failure modes and mechanism

• Main Author: Liu, Yang
• Other Authors: Pang Hock Lye, John
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design; Engineering::Civil engineering::Transportation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151988
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Rail steels are susceptible to fatigue failures resulting in rail breaks that can lead to unplanned downtime and safety concerns in railway operations. The main concern of the structural integrity in the rail track system is rail breaks resulting from fatigue failures of continuously welded rail...