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Rail inspection of RCF defects

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Rail defects due to rolling contact fatigue (RCF) threaten the traffi c safety around the world.That hazard is more distinct on railways without adequate maintenance strategy.Realization of interoperability of European railway network demands from every infrastructure manager to have a maintenance plan for the infrastructure subsystem.Besides that, this plan includes rail inspection and strategy against RCF defects.This paper emphasizes the importance of rail inspection and early detection of RCF because the most of RCF crack should be removed in rail grinding campaigns (preventive, cyclical and corrective activities) during the whole rail service life.

Source: GraFar (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering)

Authors: Zdenka Popović, Vlatko Radović, Luka Lazarević, V. Vukadinović, Goran Tepić

Institutions: University of Belgrade, University of Montenegro, University of Novi Sad

Language: English

Topic: Railway Engineering and Dynamics

Subfield: Mechanical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2193174317

FWCI: 3.81

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Cited by: 25

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