Failure Analysis of the Rail

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The paper describes the rail failures occurring repeatedly in the same distance from the rail butt weldment. The results of this investigation, especially fractographic analysis of the fracture surface of rail, evaluation of its macrostructure and microstructure, EDS analysis and hardness measurements revealed that transverse crack initiated in the foot of rail gauge and propagated by fatigue mechanism until the final cleavage fracture.

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