Why Are Rails Shaped Like That?

An overview of the wheel/rail interactions and part of the railway engineering series. Errata: At 6:52, the graphic should show the dimension of the wheel's diameter (not radius). In the 19th century, railway engineering was all about how to build railroads. Modern rail engineering focuses on...

15 min - Engineering & Megastructures - Practical Engineering

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