10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAT-BOTTOMED RAIL»
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flat-bottomed rail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
flat-bottomed rail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Civil Engineering as Applied in Construction
... is not generally objected to, as it would be in Europe ; and it is, accordingly,
used in a large number of towns, especially in the Eastern States. In the Western
States, though the step rail is also used, the ordinary flat-bottomed rail is
preferred ...
Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt, 1910
2
Charles Blacker Vignoles: Romantic Engineer
It is possible that it was a meeting between Vignoles and the U.S. engineer R. L.
Stevens, some time in the winter of 1830-31, that set him thinking about using a
flat-bottomed rail which would bear directly on the sleeper, without the need of a
...
3
Railway Appliances: A Description of Details of Railway ...
Some of the advocates of the flat-bottomed rail claim for it that it can be made
stronger vertically than the double-headed rail, because, as it is hot to be
reversed, hard granular iron can be put in the head to resist compression, and
tough ...
Sir John Wolfe Wolfe Barry, 1904
The flat- bottomed rail was selected, and a section weighing 109 lb per lineal
yard was adopted as standard. This also meant that new methods of fastening
the rail to the sleeper had to be produced, one of the simplest being the cast-iron
...
5
Dictionary Of Civil Engineering
(2) chord The wide top and bottom strips (compression and tension flange) of a
rolled steel joist or other beam. (3) [fly] The projecting rim of a railway wheel
which holds it on to the rail. (4) [rly] The flat part of a flat-bottomed rail is for
railwaymen ...
6
Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute
He might also mention that on the Continent, and in the Colonies, the flat-
bottomed rail was almost invariably employed. On the Continent, nearly all the
lines were originally made simply by using the Vignolle rails, spiking down upon
timber.
7
the journal of iron and steel institue
He might also mention that on the Continent, and in the Colonies, the flat-
bottomed rail was almost invariably employed. On the Continent, nearly all the
lines were originally made simply by using the Vignolle rails, spiking down upon
timber.
8
Special Bibliography: Safety-related Technology
The ll3-lb. flat-bottomed rail was approximately two and a half times as stiff*
laterally as the bull-head section, due to the bottom flange of 5-1/2 in. The B.S. 1
10-lb. flat-bottomed was even better in this respect and with its 6-in. base, was
three ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Railroad Research Information Service, 1973
9
Fatigue in Railway Infrastructure
2.7 Rail fixing failures 2.7.1 Flat-bottomed rail Flat-bottomed rails, fixed elastically
to sleepers, allow the rails to rock sideways with the load of passing trains. This
periodically compresses and relaxes the fasteners (e.g. Pandrol clips), which if ...
A M Robinson, A Kapoor, 2009
10
Spon's Railways Construction Price Book
... with 2 Nrc/o contacts and mounting bracket for fixing bolts for flat bottomed rail
Nr 11316151 Oirection sensitive; A-B and/or B-A: 1 1 31 61 51 A 'fortex' double
arm, with 2 Nr c/o contacts and mounting bracket and fixing bolts for flat bottomed
...
