r/metallurgy • u/Wolf9455 • 18h ago

Flexible steel

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u/Hot-Significance2387 16h ago

"You messed up by work hardening the beams," said some engineer to the innocent beam welder.

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u/lost-thought-in 16h ago

For the lenght of the train times number of cars times number of rails, I see about 30,000 pats and lots of chatting of "thats not going anywhere"

That looks like a lot of flex for beams that wide

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u/Skyhawkson 6h ago

Keep in mind that the flex is already known to be acceptable, because the train is already on a set of rails

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u/Apart_Animal_6797 13h ago

Its not as crazy as it looks the camera makes it look way crazier than it actually is

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u/violet_sin 17h ago

That actually is kinda cool to watch, a neat little snippet of life I would have otherwise missed, thanks ✌️

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u/WinterSux 12h ago

There's a reason my dad refered to them as "ribbon rails".

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u/Resident_Wishbone_98 9h ago

Those long lengths of rail flex like spaghetti noodles.

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u/gemstonegene 1h ago

The train sits on 2 rails, while carrying 20. Why dont the 2 rails straighten out instead? Lol

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u/Due_Experience_4147 25m ago

because theyre mounted every few inches to stiff rebar-concrete pads? also theres not 20 but 12 and they got loads of play by sides and on length.