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Fatigue Cracking in Rails

August 25, 2017

Dr. David Allen and Dr. Pete Keating have recently initiated an externally funded project that focuses on experimental observation of fatigue cracking in rails.  In this project sections of rail that have previously been in service on heavy haul lines are subjected to both axial and transverse cyclic loading up to 600,000 cycles.  During the testing the rails are periodically inspected using phased array ultrasonic transducers as a tool for determining the long term growth of cracks in rails.  It is hoped that these tests will provide information critical to the development of rail fatigue models currently under development under other projects

Click here for a  sneak peak at our experimental rail testing project:

Rail Fatigue

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11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference in Cape Town, South Africa

June 28, 2017

Dr. David Allen is attending the 11th International Heavy Haul Association Conference in Cape Town, South Africa in early September. There he will present his paper, ” A model for predicting lateral buckling in rails.”

IHHA 2017

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