PSI - Issue 3

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Table 3: Fatigue testing results

cycles to failure

result

maximum stress [MPa]

A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

272

457097

X

267

B4 II B5 II B6 II

C1 C2 C3 D1 D2 D3 E1 E2 E3 E4 F1 F2 F3 G1 G2 G3 G4

274

275

276

460275 659684

X X

E5 II E6 II E7 II

268

180229

X

317

0

179302

X

0 0 0 0

G5 II G6 II G7 II

References

AREMA – Manual for Railway Engineering, 2010 ASTMA1-00 Standard specification for Carbon Steel Tee Rails (2010)

ASTM E1823-13, Standard Terminology Relating to Fatigue and Fracture Testing, 2013. ASTM E 606/E606M - Standard Test Method for Strain-Controlled Fatigue Testing, 2012. ASTM 2368-04 Standard Practice for Strain Controlled Thermomechanical Fatigue Testing, 2004. ASTM E466 - 15 - Standard Practice for Conducting Force Controlled Constant Amplitude Axial Fatigue Tests of Metallic Materials, 2015.