This paper presents a destructive procedure for the determination of longitudinal residual stress distribution in a thin layer in the vicinity of the running surface of a rail head and the neighbouring area of rail cross-section. Wheel passages on the track produce plastic deformation in the running surface layer and thereby create a strong compression with a sharp stress gradient in the layer. This longitudinal stress distribution is a very important component of the stress pattern and strongly influences crack propagation in the rail head.
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