Residual stress and its consequences on both sides of the wheel-rail interface

Wear

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 25-34

  Orringer, O ^a   Paxton, W R ^b   Gray, D E ^b   Raj, P K ^c  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c Technology and Management Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracks; Rail defects; Residual stress; Wheel rail interface

Indexed keywords

RAILS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; WHEEL/RAIL INTERFACE; WHEELS;

CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; RAILROAD TRACKS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; THERMAL STRESS; TRACTION (FRICTION); VEHICLE WHEELS;

CONTACT PRESSURES; WHEEL RAIL INTERFACE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0029656823     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(95)06674-8     Document Type: Article

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