Impact of Decarburization on the Hardness of the Rails Running Surface

I. MIKŁASZEWICZ

doi:10.21741/9781644901038-22

Impact of Decarburization on the Hardness of the Rails Running Surface

MIKŁASZEWICZ Ireneusz

Abstract. Possible causes of rail head defects related to decarburization of the rolling surface are presented. The surface of the rail head was tested directly from the manufacturers and the decarburization of this surface was determined by measuring the hardness and observing the microstructure of the surface layer. The tests were carried out on the basis of requirements included in PN-EN 13674-1 + A1: 2017 [1] and Technical Conditions Id-106: 2010 [2].

Keywords
Rail Defects, Decarburization, Rail Grinding

Published online , 7 pages
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Citation: MIKŁASZEWICZ Ireneusz, Impact of Decarburization on the Hardness of the Rails Running Surface, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 17, pp 146-151, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901038-22

The article was published as article 22 of the book Terotechnology XI

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