Rail Damage

Rail damage refers to damage that occurs during the use of the rail during breakage, cracks and other effects and limits the performance of the rail.

In order to facilitate the statistical and analysis of rail damage, it is necessary to classify rail damage. According to the position of the damage on the rail section, the appearance of the damage and the cause of the damage, it is divided into nine types of 32 kinds of injuries. Classified by two-digit number, the ten digits indicate the location and status of the injury, and the single digit indicates the cause of the injury. The specific content of rail damage classification can be

found in the “railway engineering technical manual (orbit)”.