Effective Method for Diagnosing Continuous Welded Track Condition Based on Experimental Research

The correct operation of the continuous welded track requires diagnosing its condition and preparation metrics requiring measurements displacements rail under operation. This is required as there are additional thermal stresses in rails with values depending on temperature changes rails. Therefore, climatic conditions important. paper presents original effective analytical method for based experimental research. allows an appropriate repair or maintenance recommendation. In research, authors considered diagnostic two conditions: load without load. empirical formulas calculating longitudinal force ambient temperature, developed from long-term measurements. were a located straight section—both loaded unloaded passing train following 60E1 rail, not engineering structure, conventional surface, wooden sleepers very high traffic obtained results value correlation coefficient R2 ? 0.995 attest to accuracy calculations performed proposed by authors.