Treatment of rail defects
NORM herausgegeben am 1.1.2015
Designation standards: UIC 725-2ed.
Publication date standards: 1.1.2015
The number of pages: 36
Approximate weight : 108 g (0.24 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Summary:
The objective of this leaflet is to supplement the information in UIC Leaflet 712 by giving recommendations regarding the maintenance of rails (monitoring and elimination of defects).The document contains three chapters:
Chapter 1: Key inspection factors
Chapter 2: Defect classification and action to be taken
Chapter 3: Detection methods.
and three Appendices
Examples of research results on crack growth rates
Defect management
Qualification of operators and approval of inspection equipment.
This document takes account of recent experience acquired by railways on the how these problems develop and the measures to be applied to rail defects caused by contact rolling fatigue which is an increasingly common phenomenon.
This document is limited to describing the principles of monitoring and eliminating rail defects which may result in rail cracks and breakages.