Some Foreign Specifications for Railway Materials: Rails, Wheels, Axles, Tires (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Burgess, G. K.

 
9781528520478: Some Foreign Specifications for Railway Materials: Rails, Wheels, Axles, Tires (Classic Reprint)

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Tests and Taking of Test Specimens. - A synopsis is given in Table 5 showing what tests are required for rails and how many must be made for a given lot.

Ultimate strengths varying from 80 000 pounds per square inch to 1 1 2 000 pounds per square inch are called for, with elonga tions Oi from 15 to 8 per cent. In some cases the values for the ultimate strength and the elongation must stand in some pre scribed relation. In only one case is the yield point specified.

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