Inspecting both rails and wheels for internal fatigue crack defects is imperative to enhancing and ensuring the future safety of railway operations. Reference: Fry, Gary T. 2022. “Metal Fatigue: How ...

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These are Venier defects in the atomic arrangement of the crystal structure of metals. That localization of damage, it has been argued, is the precursor to crack initiation.