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Sleeve Expansion of Bolt Holes in Railroad Rail Volume Ill - Field Experiment ResuIts

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-80/05.III
Office
RDI-20
Keywords:
Cold expansion; Crack; Fatigue; Mandrel; Rail bolt hole; Sleeve; Flashwelds; Vacuum; Crack growth rate
Document
119_Sleeve_expansion_of_bolt_holes_in_railroad_rail_v-3_ntl.bts.gov-lib-48000-48900-48916.pdf (6.37 MB)

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Last updated: Friday, February 1, 1980