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Investigating the Prominent Failure Mode of Cut Spikes Used in Elastic Fastening Systems

Document Series:
Research Results
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
RR 20-09
Office
RDI-21
Subject:
Track
Keywords:
Elastic fastener, broken spike, spike failure mode, vertical rail force, lateral rail force, longitudinal rail force, wood tie, wood species, wood tie damage, finite element analysis
Document
Volpe Spike Failure Mode-A.pdf (825.87 KB)

Last updated: Friday, May 29, 2020