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		lordnacho on July 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why rails buckle in Britain I wonder if it's the same buckling we mean when we're studying structural engineering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckling The interesting thing here is that when something buckles, it's not the material failing like when you crush a cake. It can buckle well before you reach the force needed to break the steel under compression.

philo23 on July 16, 2022 [–]

Definitely the same kind of buckling. Here's an example from a couple of years ago in the news https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-44658254

Check Google images for some more extreme examples.

lostlogin on July 16, 2022 | [–]

Interesting - that looks like wooden sleepers too.

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