18693321. WELDED RAIL (NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION)
WELDED RAIL
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This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18693321 titled 'WELDED RAIL
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A welded rail having excellent fatigue damage resistance and breakage resistance of a welded joint portion according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a plurality of rail portions; and a welded joint portion joining the rail portions, in which a HAZ width (W) is 60 mm or less, and when an interval between a most softened portion and a welding center measured along a longitudinal direction is defined as WX and a region where the distance from the welding center is 0.6 WX to 0.7 WX and the depth from a top portion outer surface is 2 to 5 mm is defined as a pro-eutectoid cementite structure evaluation region, in the pro-eutectoid cementite structure evaluation region, a total number of intersections (N) of a pro-eutectoid cementite structure intersecting a cross line including two line segments having a length of 100 μm parallel to the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction is 26 or less.