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Bullhead rail is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BULLHEAD RAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bullhead rail

Rail profile

The rail profile is the cross sectional shape of a railway rail, perpendicular to the length of the rail. Early rails were made of wood, cast iron or wrought iron. All modern rails are hot rolled steel of a specific cross sectional profile. Typically the cross section approximates to an I-beam but is asymmetric about a horizontal axis. The head is profiled to resist wear and to give a good ride, the foot is profiled to suit the fixing system. Unlike some other uses of iron and steel, railway rails are subject to very high stresses and have to be made of very high quality steel. It took many decades to improve the quality of the materials, including the change from iron to steel. Minor flaws in the steel that pose no problems in reinforcing rods for buildings can, however, lead to broken rails and dangerous derailments when used on railway tracks. By and large, the heavier the rails and the rest of the trackwork, the heavier and faster the trains these tracks can carry. The rails represent a substantial fraction of the cost of a railway line. Only a small number of rail sizes are made by steelworks at one time, so a railway must choose the nearest suitable size.

Definition of bullhead rail in the English dictionary

The definition of bullhead rail in the dictionary is a rail having a cross section with a bulbous top and bottom, the top being larger Now largely superseded by: flat-bottomed rail.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BULLHEAD RAIL

altar rail
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Synonyms and antonyms of bullhead rail in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bullhead rail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BULLHEAD RAIL

Find out the translation of bullhead rail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

大头鱼铁路
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ferrocarril bullhead
570 millions of speakers

English

bullhead rail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुलहेड रेल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البلهد السكك الحديدية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бычок железнодорожных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Bullhead ferroviário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেলহেড রেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

barbotte rail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rel kereta api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Groppe Schiene
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブルヘッドレール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불 헤드 레일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerbang tembaga
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đường sắt bống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புல்ஹெட் ரயில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉलहेड रेल्वे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Boğa raylı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ferroviario Scazzone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szyna byczek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бичок залізничних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bullhead feroviar
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

bullhead σιδηροδρομικών
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

BULLHEAD spoor
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

impa skena
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Bullhead rail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bullhead rail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BULLHEAD RAIL»

The term «bullhead rail» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.715 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BULLHEAD RAIL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULLHEAD RAIL»

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Cost-effective Maintenance of Railway Track: Proceedings of ...
In the unpolluted atmosphere of Northern Scotland and light traffic, the 2 mm provides 20 years additional wear of the rail. This reduction also allows us to replace sideworn rails on curves by bullhead rail cascaded from relaying on the Perth to ...
R. A. Vickers, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1992
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Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price
... for BS 113 'A' section rail; M25 × 220 mm bolt, nut and washers – – – – Turnouts; complete with closures, check rails, fittings, timber sleepers Type B8; BS 95R bullhead rail – – – – Type C10; BS 95R bullhead rail – – – – Type Bx8; BS 113 ...
Davis Langdon, 2010
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Spon's Railways Construction Price Book
... include on- site storage and disposal of redundant materials: 4701 0101 0A turnout; bullhead rail on timber sleepers; jointed Ni 4701 0101 0B tandem turnout ; bullhead rail on timber sleeepers; jointed Ni 470101010C crossover; bullhead ...
Franklin + Andrews, 2003
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Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price
gauge LIFTING, PACKING AND SLEWING Maximum distance of slew 300 mm; maximum lift 100 mm; no extra ballast allowed Bullhead rail track; fishplated; timber sleepers Bullhead rail track; fishplated; concrete sleepers Bullhead rail track ...
Davis Langdon & Everest, 2003
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CESMM3: Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement
... 4 5 6 Buffer stops Retarders Wheel stops Lubricators Switch heaters Switch levers 3 Lifting, packing and slewing nr 1 2 Bullhead rail track Bullhead rail track with turnout 3 Flat bottom rail track 4 5 Flat bottom rail track with turnout Buffer stops ...
Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1991
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Fatigue in Railway Infrastructure
2.7.2 Bullhead rail The design of the cast iron chair, in which bullhead rails sit and are wedged with keys, prevents lateral rocking but not vertical displacement. Passing trains induce a frequency-dependent deflection. The keys work loose and ...
A M Robinson, A Kapoor, 2009
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Dictionary Of Civil Engineering
raise platelayer's adze Jim crow bottom rails are more difficult to bend. rail chair [ rly] See chair, rail fastening. rail fastening [rly] For the British bullhead rail the cast -iron rail chair with steel or wooden keys to wedge it to the rails was essential.
John S. Scott, 1992
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Hot Rolling of Steel
1831 (D) Shaped Rail Rolls Designed by John Birkenshaw, 1820 -2" \ ^ai Chair 21/32, (E) Early English Bullhead Rail, c. 1830 (F) British Standard Bullhead Rail 1905 T (C) First Wrought Iron Edge Rail and Chair, 1820 (G) First Tee Rail ...
William L. Roberts, 1983
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Spon's First Stage Estimating Handbook
... concrete sleepers, fishplate joints m 15.00 turnouts, concrete sleepers, fishplate joints nr 540.00 Lifting packingand slewing Bullhead rail track, maximum slew 300mm, maximum lift 100mm, track length10m timber sleepers nr 22.00 concrete ...
Bryan Spain, 2010
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Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation ...
The track is a non-ballasted concrete slab track with Bullhead rail supported on hard wooden sleepers nominally spaced at d I 0.95 m with cast iron chairs. Both ends of a sleeper are concreted into the invert and the space between the ...
Burkhard Schulte-Werning, David Thompson, Pierre-Etienne Gautier, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULLHEAD RAIL»

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Network Rail signs five-year rail supply deal
... Rail says the order will cover a range of products varying from widely-used CEN60 and CEN56 rails to conductor rails and bullhead rail. «International Railway Journal, Oct 13»

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