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Testing internal mechanical stresses in flash-butt welded rail joints
The paper presents the results of internal stress tests in rails and flash-butt welded rail joints. Stress patterns were tested in rail joints just after flash-butt welding, as well as after fatigue tests. Stress tests were performed using the destructive strain gauges based test method. Stresses emerging in rails and in rail joints were compared for the steel grades R260 and R350HT. Stress measurements were performed in accordance with the requirements of PN EN 13674 1:2011+A1:2017.