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Rail Failure

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TRANSPORTATION ENGINNERING - 2

ACTIVITY NO. 5

SUBMITTED BY:
SUBMITTED TO:
AKSHAY KUMAR 606/17
Er. MANISH BHUTANI
2020 1704380 1
OVERVIEW
❑ Different types of rail failure.
❑ Material required per KM length of MG track.
❑ Different types of rail wear.
❑ Method of measurement of creep

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TYPES OF RAIL FAILURE
❑ Crushed head
❑ Transverse fissure
❑ Horizontal fissure
❑ Split head
❑ Square of angular breaks
❑ Split webs
❑ Horizontal crack

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CRUSHED HEAD
• Head gets crushed, metal flows on the head of
rail.
• Defects in manufacture, flat spots on wheels,
slipping of wheels, week support at the rail end
etc.
• Skidding causes flat spots, loose fish bolts cause
week support at ends.

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CRUSHED HEAD

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TRANSVERSE FISSURE
• Fissure or hole in the head.
• In the form of a cross wire crack starts inside head and spreads
gradually.
• Poor manufacture, excessive straining.
• Very dangerous, rail breaks with out any sign often.

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HORIZONTAL FISSURE
• Fissure or hole in the head
• In the form of a cross wire crack starts inside head and spreads
gradually
• Poor manufacture, excessive straining
• Very dangerous, rail breaks with out any sign often

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SPLIT HEAD
• Head is split into 2 parts
• If the surface of crack appears smooth and dark, it
is called as piped rail.
• Formed due to cavity during manufacture, or
shrinkage of metal.

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SQUARE OF ANGULAR BREAKS

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SPLIT WEBS

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MATERIAL REQUIRED PER KM LENGTH OF MG
TRACK.
The standard length of the rails is 12 m for MG lines.

The number of sleepers to be used depends upon the sleeper density. Assume sleeper
density to be M + 7, where M is the length of rail .
Number of sleepers per rail = 12 + 7 = 19
Number of sleepers per km = 77 * 19 = 1463
No. of rail per km= 1000/12 * 2 = 167 approx.
(a) Fittings and fastenings

No. of fish plates per km = 2 *number of rails per km


= 2 *167 = 334

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MATERIAL REQUIRED PER KM LENGTH OF MG
TRACK
(b) No. of fish bolts
= 4 * number of rails per km = 4 *167 = 668

(c) No. of bearing plates


= number of sleepers
= 1463* 2 =2926

(d) Number of dog spikes


= number of sleepers *4 = 1463* 4 = 5852

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Quantity of ballast per km – 2.25 * 0.15 * 1000 = 337.50 m3

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WEAR ON RAILS
❑ The metal from the top of rail flows and
forms projections which are known as
burns.
❑ The causes of such types of wear are: ...
Corrosion of metal of rails.
❑ Due to slipping action of wheels during
starting and when brakes are applied to
the moving trains, the metal of top
of rail burn

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEAR
A. On the Basis of Location
The wear is prominent in the following locations:
1. On sharp curves.
2. On gradients.
3. On approaches to stations.
4. In tunnels.
5. In the coastal area.
6. On a weak foundation.

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DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEAR
B. On the Basis of the Position of Wear
The following are the positions of wear of rails.
1. Wear on top or head of rails.
2. Wear at the ends of rails.
3. Wear on the sides of the head.

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METHOD OF MEASUREMENT OF CREEP
Creep can be measured with the help of a device called
creep indicator.
❑ For the purpose of easy measurement, their top level is generally at the
same level as the rail.
❑ Using a chisel, a mark is made at the side of the bottom flange of the
rail on either side of the track.
❑ A fishing string is then stretched between the two creep posts and the
distance between the chisel mark and the string is taken as the amount
of creep.

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METHOD OF MEASUREMENT OF CREEP

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