A re-examination of Andrewsβ research on
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J. McQuaid; N. Jones
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The early railway companies laid down stringent acceptance requirements for the resistance of railway axles to impact. Suppliers were required to submit axles to speci"ed drop weight tests in the absence, at the time, of any theoretical framework by which the impact resistance could be related to re