Publication detail

Heat treatment of rails

HNÍZDIL, M. KOTRBÁČEK, P.

Original Title

Heat treatment of rails

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Heat treatment is increasingly used in the heavy industry. The main advantage of this method is the achievement of the required material and mechanical properties. Heat treatment allows for a manufacturing process, which can improve product performance by increasing the steel strength, hardness and other desirable characteristics. The microstructure, grain size and chemical composition of steel affect its overall mechanical behavior. Heat treatment is an efficient way to manipulate the properties of a steel product by controlling the cooling rate. It can be expressed using the heat-transfer coefficient (HTC). The controllability of the cooling process is very important. Mist and water nozzles may provide good controllability of the HTC. An experimental stand was designed and built. The stand consists of a movable trolley with a test sample, which moves under a spray at a given velocity. Sensors record the temperature history of the tested material. This experimental stand enables simulations of a variety of cooling regimes and evaluations of the final structures of tested samples. The same experimental stand is also used for designing cooling sections in order to determine the required heat-treatment procedures and the final structures. This paper describes a cooling-section design procedure for obtaining the required structure and mechanical properties of rails.

Keywords

Heat transfer; Heat treatment; Heat-transfer coefficient; Spray cooling

Authors

HNÍZDIL, M.; KOTRBÁČEK, P.

Released

1. 4. 2017

Publisher

Institute of Metals and Technology

Location

Ljubljana, Slovenia

ISBN

1580-2949

Periodical

Materiali in tehnologije

Year of study

51

Number

2

State

Republic of Slovenia

Pages from

329

Pages to

332

Pages count

4

URL

http://mit.imt.si/Revija/izvodi/mit172/hnizdil.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT135211,
  author="Milan {Hnízdil} and Petr {Kotrbáček}",
  title="Heat treatment of rails",
  journal="Materiali in tehnologije",
  year="2017",
  volume="51",
  number="2",
  pages="329--332",
  doi="10.17222/mit.2015.357",
  issn="1580-2949",
  url="http://mit.imt.si/Revija/izvodi/mit172/hnizdil.pdf"
}