Mechanical and vibrational testing of clamped rail steel assembly

• Main Author: Ong, Wei Long
• Other Authors: Pang Hock Lye, John
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158893
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The mechanical clamps used for temporarily clamping broken rails before replacement or thermit welding must be reliable as any loosening may lead to rail misalignment and the consequences will be dire. In this paper, a setup with 2 broken rails and 4 clamps were replicated in the laboratory to perfo...