Macro Defects in Steel - Rail Defects

Rail Defects

A defects - Rail defects
Aluminothermic welding (Thermite) - Rail defects
An example of shelled rail - Rail defects
Base fracture - Rail defects
Black line defect - Rail defects
Black line defect - Rail defects
Bolt hole crack - Rail defects
Bolt hole crack - Rail defects
Bolt hole crack - Rail defects
Broken base - Rail defects
Broken base - Rail defects
Broken base - Rail defects
Buckling - Rail defects
Bulk microstructure - Rail defects
Burned rail - Rail defects
Burned rail - Rail defects
Centreline shrinkage - Rail defects
Characteristic shapes of the crack contour - Rail defects
Class 1 arris - Rail defects
Class 1 rolling contact fatigue cracks - Rail defects
Class 1 skidded wheels - Rail defects
Class 1 spalling - Rail defects
Class 1 spalling - Rail defects
Class 1 steep flange - Rail defects
Class 1 thermal crack - Rail defects
Class 1 thermal cracks - Rail defects
Class 2 arris - Rail defects
Class 2 arris - Rail defects
Class 2 rolling contact fatigue cracks - Rail defects
Class 2 skidded wheels - Rail defects
Class 2 spalling - Rail defects
Class 2 spalling - Rail defects
Class 2 thermal crack - Rail defects
Class 2 thermal crack - Rail defects
Class 2 thermal cracks - Rail defects
Class 3 arris - Rail defects
Class 3 arris - Rail defects
Class 3 high flange - Rail defects
Class 3 hollow tread - Rail defects
Class 3 rolling contact fatigue cracks - Rail defects
Class 3 scaled wheels - Rail defects
Class 3 scaled wheels - Rail defects
Class 3 short flange - Rail defects
Class 3 skidded wheels - Rail defects
Class 3 skidded wheels - Rail defects
Class 3 spalling - Rail defects
Class 3 spalling - Rail defects
Class 3 thermal crack - Rail defects
Class 3 thermal crack - Rail defects
Class 3 thermal cracks - Rail defects
Class 4 arris - Rail defects
Class 4 arris - Rail defects
Class 4 manufacturing defect or external wheel damage - Rail defects
Class 4 rolling contact fatigue cracks - Rail defects
Class 4 scaled wheels - Rail defects
Class 4 scaled wheels - Rail defects
Class 4 skidded wheels - Rail defects
Class 4 skidded wheels - Rail defects
Class 4 spalling - Rail defects
Class 4 spalling - Rail defects
Class 4 thermal crack - Rail defects
Class 4 thermal crack - Rail defects
Class 4 thermal cracks - Rail defects
Class 4 thin flange - Rail defects
Class 5 fatigue crack - Rail defects
Class 5 scaled wheels - Rail defects
Class 5 skidded wheels - Rail defects
Class 5 skidded wheels - Rail defects
Class 5 thermal cracks - Rail defects
Class 5 thin flange - Rail defects
Common types of rail breaks - Rail defects
Compound fissure - Rail defects
Compound fissure - Rail defects
Compound fissure - Rail defects
Compound fissure - Rail defects
Contamination - Rail defects
Corrosion - Rail defects
Corrugation - Rail defects
Cracks - Rail defects
Cross section of defect - Rail defects
Cross section of the running surface - Rail defects
Crushed head - Rail defects
Crushed head - Rail defects
Damaged rail - Rail defects
Damaged rail - Rail defects
Defect nomenclature - Rail defects
Defect type overview - Rail defects
Defective field weld - Rail defects
Defective plant weld - Rail defects
Defective weld - Rail defects
Defective welds - Rail defects
Detail fracture (from shelling) - Rail defects
Detail fracture (welded bond) - Rail defects
Detail fracture - Rail defects
Detail fracture - Rail defects
Detail fracture associated with welded bond wire connection (traction, signal) - Rail defects
Detail fracture from head check - Rail defects
Detail fracture originating from a visible shell - Rail defects
Electric flash butt welding - Rail defects
Engine burn - Rail defects
Engine burn - Rail defects
Engine burn fracture - Rail defects
Engine burn fracture - Rail defects
Examination of tyred wheels in service - Rail defects
External wheel damage - Rail defects
Failure of a long I-beam. - Fractography - Rail defects
Fatigue cracks - Rail defects
Fatigue cracks - Rail defects
Fatigue fracture - Rail defects
Flaking - Rail defects
Flaking - Rail defects
Flaking - Rail defects
Flattened rail - Rail defects
Flattened rail - Rail defects
Flowed rail - Rail defects
Fracture face of VLS crack - Rail defects
Fracture of a tyre starting from a service weld - Rail defects
Fracture of a tyre starting from corrosion pits in the bore - Rail defects
Fracture of railroad rail - Rail defects
Fracture of railroad rail - Rail defects
Fractured section of rail, showing smoothed surface of fractured web - Rail defects
Fractured wheel - Rail defects
Gas pressure welds - Rail defects
Gauge-corner shelling - Rail defects
Gauge-corner shelling - Rail defects
Grinding - Rail defects
Grinding train - Rail defects
Grinding vs. time - Rail defects
Head and web separation - Rail defects
Head and web separation - Rail defects
Head and web separation - Rail defects
Head check - Rail defects
Head check defects - Rail defects
Head checking - Rail defects
Head checks - Rail defects
Head checks - Rail defects
Head cracks - Rail defects
High flanges - Rail defects
Hollow tread - Rail defects
Horizontal cracking - Rail defects
Horizontal cracking defects - Rail defects
Horizontal split head - Rail defects
Horizontal split head - Rail defects
Horizontal split head - Rail defects
Horizontal split head - Rail defects
Hot spots - Rail defects
Lateral (gauge corner) wear - Rail defects
Lateral wear - Rail defects
Location of limiting dimensions - Rail defects
Location of limiting dimensions - Rail defects
Long-pitch corrugations - Rail defects
Longitudinal cross section - Rail defects
Longitudinal vertical cracking - Rail defects
MT inspection of head check - Rail defects
Manufacturing defect leading to fracture - Rail defects
Manufacturing defects - Rail defects
Mill defects - Rail defects
Misaligned brake gear - Rail defects
Multiple stage ruptures - Rail defects
NDT techniques for the rail industry - Rail defects
Newly grinded rails - Rail defects
Nicked rail - Rail defects
Nomenclature of rail - Rail defects
Normal growth patterns - Rail defects
Ordinary break - Rail defects
Out of round wheels - Rail defects
Overheated wheels - Rail defects
Overheated wheels - Rail defects
Permanent brake block overhang - Rail defects
Permanent brake block overhang - Rail defects
Piped rail - Rail defects
Piped rail - Rail defects
Piped rail - Rail defects
Plastic flow - Rail defects
Plastic flow and tongue lipping - Rail defects
Preventive grinding to limit crack depth - Rail defects
Quick reference tables of wheel defects and actions - Rail defects
RCF damage on a rail section - Rail defects
Rail batter - Rail defects
Rail batter - Rail defects
Rail corrugation - Rail defects
Rail corrugations - Rail defects
Rail defects
Rail defects (14) - Rail defects
Rail grinding - Rail defects
Rapid grown patterns - Rail defects
Repair welding and grinding - Rail defects
Reverse detail fracture - Rail defects
Reverse detail fracture - Rail defects
Rolled-in defect - Rail defects
Rolling contact fatigue - Rail defects
Rolling contact fatigue - Rail defects
Rolling contact fatigue defects - Rail defects
Running surface - Rail defects
Rust streak - Rail defects
Shear break - Rail defects
Shear break - Rail defects
Shelling - Rail defects
Shelling - Rail defects
Shelling - Rail defects
Shelling and underneath shelling - Rail defects
Shelling due to excessive loading - Rail defects
Shelling of the running surface - Rail defects
Shelling of the running surface - Rail defects
Shells - Rail defects
Shiny band - Rail defects
Short flange - Rail defects
Short pitch corrugation - Rail defects
Short pitch corrugations - Rail defects
Short-pitch rail corrugation - Rail defects
Slivers - Rail defects
Spalling - Rail defects
Spalling - Rail defects
Spalling of the rail surface - Rail defects
Spalling or shelled tread - Rail defects
Split web - Rail defects
Split web - Rail defects
Squat - Rail defects
Squat - Rail defects
Squat defect with developed transverse crack - Rail defects
Squat defects - Rail defects
Squats - Rail defects
Squats - Rail defects
Squats - Rail defects
Standard wheel terminology - Rail defects
Star-cracking - Rail defects
Steep flanges - Rail defects
Studs from three railways - Rail defects
Sub surface fatigue - Rail defects
Sudden growth patterns - Rail defects
Sulphur print - Rail defects
Sulphur print of tyre section showing a bad patch of ingot scum - Rail defects
Surface defects - Rail defects
Surface gauge corner head cracks - Rail defects
Surface spalling of the rail surface caused by wheelburn - Rail defects
Surface-breaking defects - Rail defects
Tache ovale - Rail defects
Tache ovale defects - Rail defects
Temporary brake block overhang - Rail defects
Temporary brake block overhang - Rail defects
Terminology used for planes in rails - Rail defects
Terminology used to identify defect planes in relation to rail section - Rail defects
Thermal cracking - Rail defects
Thermal cracks - Rail defects
Thermal cracks and spalling - Rail defects
Thin flanges - Rail defects
Timber sleeper failure - Rail defects
Transverse crack orginating at head checks - Rail defects
Transverse cracking - Rail defects
Transverse cracking - Rail defects
Transverse cross section - Rail defects
Transverse fissure - Rail defects
Transverse fissure - Rail defects
Transverse fissure - Rail defects
Transverse fissure - Rail defects
Typical examples of broken rails and rail damage - Rail defects
Typical rail surface initiated service failure from shelling - Rail defects
Tyre showing rolled-in scrap in the snip - Rail defects
Tyres showing cracked back - Rail defects
Unusual shelling failure - Rail defects
Vertical split head - Rail defects
Vertical split head - Rail defects
Vertical split head - Rail defects
Vertical split head - Rail defects
Visible cracks on the surface - Rail defects
WEL bands - Rail defects
WEL patches - Rail defects
Wear - Rail defects
Web failure resulting from high residual stress - Rail defects
Weld repairs of wheel skids - Rail defects
Weld spots - Rail defects
Welded burn fracture - Rail defects
Welded burn fracture - Rail defects
Welded defects - Rail defects
Welded defects - Rail defects
Wheel and rail surface condition after fatigue test - Rail defects
Wheel burn - Rail defects
Wheel burn defect - Rail defects
Wheel or engine burns - Rail defects
Wheel tread profile remachining - Rail defects
White layer - Rail defects
Worn R200 rail - Rail defects
Worn R350HT rail - Rail defects
Worn R350HT rail - Rail defects
Worn R350HT rail - Rail defects
Worn low rail profile - Rail defects