Wear of Rails

Wear Of Rails

Types of wear

1)Wear on head of rail

2)Wear on ends of rail

3)Wear of rail on curve

Wear On Head of the Rail:-

1)Wear on head of rail is due to abrasion on moving rails.

2)Due to grinding action of sand or dust between the rails and wheels of the train

3)When train starts or applies brakes, the wheel just slides on the rails causing wear on the head.

4)Load coming on to a track may exceed the carrying capacity of the section. Thus causing the wear

    in the head of rail.

Water at the ends of the Rails:-

1)It is much greater than the wear on the head of the rail.

2)This type of the wear is resulted due to the blows which the rail receive when the wheel jumps the

   space between the rail ends.

3)The ends are battered by such blows.

4)The contact surface between the sleepers and the rail is worn as the as the effect of these blows

    increased

5)The ballast under the sleepers will loosen due to increase in the intensity of vibrations, also he 

    sleeper will depressed due the displacement of ballast, also the fish plates will get loose under the 

    constant impact of increasing vibrations

Wear of Rail On Curve:-

 1)On the curve the wear of the rail takes place in both inner and outer rails.

2)On the curve, the outer wheel has to move through greater distance than the inner wheel. And the 

     inner wheel has to slide over the inner rail. 

3)As a result of this sliding wear of the inner rail occur because the metal in the rail head is burnt.

4)At the curve, flange of outer wheel will strike the inner surface of the outer wheel due to centrifugal    force. Thus side of the head of rail wears out

Curved Crossing

                                                           Flange of wheel with Slop 1:20