A wayside monitoring system for the estimation of the rail neutral temperature
Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal
Published online on September 22, 2025
Abstract
Structural Health Monitoring, Ahead of Print.
Rail neutral temperature (RNT) is the temperature at which the average longitudinal stress at a given section of a continuous welded rail (CWR) is zero. When the temperature of the rail is below (or above) the RNT, longitudinal tension (or compression) is ...
Rail neutral temperature (RNT) is the temperature at which the average longitudinal stress at a given section of a continuous welded rail (CWR) is zero. When the temperature of the rail is below (or above) the RNT, longitudinal tension (or compression) is ...