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In-line hardening of railroad rails to produce a very fine pearlite microstructure has become a commercial reality. A question that this report seeks to answer is whether or not it is possible to find an alloy composition that will permit the development of lower bainite microstructures by in-line...
This report is the second in a series focusing on methods to determine the puncture velocity of railroad tank car shells. In this
context, puncture velocity refers to the impact velocity at which a coupler will completely pierce the shell and puncture the tank.
In the first report in this series...