Abstract

This chapter reviews fatigue in railway and tramway track. After discussing the excitation mechanism in causing fatigue, it analyses railhead failures such as gauge corner cracking, corrugations, side wear and rolling contact fatigue. It then discusses rail failures such as star fractures, fishplate failure, weld and tension failures. The chapter also considers rail fixing, sleeper and ballast failures. The penultimate section reviews potential failures in buildings and earth structures such as embankments, cuttings and shelves. The final section looks at fatigue issues specific to tramways and light rail.

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