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2009 Railway Engineering Student Thesis Award Winner

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Mr Patrick van Raay and Mr Alexander Chen

Thesis: Experimental Investigation: Horizontal Split Web Failures in Flash-Butt Welded Rails

Place of study: Monash University, Clayton, Victoria

The thesis presents a detailed account of the research, theory, finite element and experimental techniques used to design and implement an experimental procedure for fatigue testing flash-butt welded rails in the horizontal split web mode.