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Rail Quality and Maintenance for Modern Railway Operation

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. J. J. Kalker

    1. T.U. Delft, Delft, The Netherlands

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  2. D. F. Cannon

    1. BR Research, Derby, UK

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  3. O. Orringer

    1. US Department of Transportation, Cambridge, USA

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Rail Development and Future Requirements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Future Rail Requirements

      • C. O. Frederick
      Pages 3-14

    3. Rail Developments and Requirements for Heavy Haul Railways

      • Daniel H. Stone
      Pages 15-26

  3. Rail Metallurgy and Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Rail Metallurgy and Processing

      • W. H. Hodgson
      Pages 29-39

    3. A Review of Bainitic Steels for Wheel/Rail Contact

      • P. Clayton, R. Devanathan, N. Jin, R. K. Steele
      Pages 41-51

    4. An Off-Line Heat Treatment Process Results in Quality DHH Rails at Sydney Steel Corporation

      • Theodore E. Burke, Blair George, Brian E. St. John
      Pages 53-60

    5. Residual Stresses in Rail

      • W. H. Hodgson
      Pages 61-73

  4. Rail Maintenance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Strategies for Maximizing Rail Life

      • R. K. Steele
      Pages 77-97

    3. Noncontact Ultrasonic Inspection of Train Rails for Stress

      • Raymond E. Schramm, A. Van Clark, Todd J. McGuire, B. James Filla, Dragan V. Mitraković, Patrick T. Purtscher
      Pages 99-108

    4. Experiences in Ultrasonic Measurements of Stresses in Rails

      • J. Deputat, J. Szelazek, M. Adamski
      Pages 109-118

    5. Rail Side Wear Problem on Chinese Railways

      • Zhiyun Shen
      Pages 119-125

    6. Rail Rectification Specifications and Modern Grinding Stone Technology

      • Jim Cooper, Jean-Claude Schaffner
      Pages 127-136

    7. In Track Quality Control and Assessment of Rails

      • Coenraad Esveld
      Pages 137-147

  5. Contact Phenomena

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Computational Contact Mechanics of the Wheel-Rail System

      • J. J. Kalker
      Pages 151-164

    3. Dynamic Models of the Track and Their Uses

      • Stuart L. Grassie
      Pages 165-183

    4. Rail Service Load Environment by Measurement and Modeling

      • Donald R. Ahlbeck
      Pages 185-202
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In April 1990 a conference was held at the Cracow Institute of Technology, Cracow, Poland. The title of that conference was "Residual Stresses in Rails - Effects on Rail Integrity and Railroad Economics" and its themes were the measurement and prediction of residual stresses in rails, but, as the sub-title suggests, the intention was also to provide a link between research and its application to the practical railway world. At the Cracow conference there were 40 participants with 5 railways and 5 rail makers being represented and 25 papers were given. The Cracow conference was a success, and by March 1991 its off-spring, "The International Conference on Rail Quality and Maintenance for Modern Railway Operations", was conceived and birth was ultimately given in June 1992 at the Technical University, Delft. It turned out to be some baby, with 112 delegates from 24 countries taking part! As with its predecessor, the conference was to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas between research investigators, rail makers and railway engineers. A cursory examination of the list of participants suggests that about 57% were from the railway industry, 34% from universities and other research institutions and 9% from the steel industry. Bearing in mind that some of the railway industry participants were from their respective research and development organisations the balance of interests was about right.

Editors and Affiliations

  • T.U. Delft, Delft, The Netherlands

    J. J. Kalker

  • BR Research, Derby, UK

    D. F. Cannon

  • US Department of Transportation, Cambridge, USA

    O. Orringer

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