Fracture analysis of U71Mn rail flash-butt welding joint

An other case study published in « Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis« , october 2015.

This paper mainly investigates the fracture problem of U71Mn rail flash-butt welding joint. The analysis results show that the welding joint is fatigue fracture, and the fracture surface morphology is the cleavage fracture characteristics.

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Damage mechanism and prevention of heavy-haul railway rail

A new interesting paper in  » Engineering Failure Analysis »  of december 2013 published on ScienceDirect.com.

The objective of this paper was to investigate wear and damage behavior of heavy-haul railway rail.

More at : Investigation on the damage mech………