Rail defects due to rolling contact fatigue (RCF) threaten the traffic 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.
Keywords:
rail / rail defects / rolling contact fatigue / inspection
TY - JOUR
AU - Popović, Zdenka
AU - Radović, V.
AU - Lazarević, Luka
AU - Vukadinović, V.
AU - Tepić, G.
PY - 2013
UR - https://grafar.grf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/511
AB - Rail defects due to rolling contact fatigue (RCF) threaten the traffic 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.
PB - Croatian Metallurgical Society
T2 - Metalurgija
T1 - Rail inspection of RCF defects
EP - 540
IS - 4
SP - 537
VL - 52
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_grafar_511
ER -
@article{
author = "Popović, Zdenka and Radović, V. and Lazarević, Luka and Vukadinović, V. and Tepić, G.",
year = "2013",
abstract = "Rail defects due to rolling contact fatigue (RCF) threaten the traffic 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.",
publisher = "Croatian Metallurgical Society",
journal = "Metalurgija",
title = "Rail inspection of RCF defects",
pages = "540-537",
number = "4",
volume = "52",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_grafar_511"
}
