Rolling contact fatigue of three pearlitic rail steels

Wear

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 94-111

  Beynon, J H ^a,c   Garnham, J E ^a,d   Sawley, K J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Sheffield ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d GKN Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e BR Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact pressure; Creepage; Fatigue; Rail steel; Rolling contact; Steel

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; ROLLING CONTACT; STEELS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; PEARLITE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RAILS; STEEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

CONTACT PRESSURE; PEARLITIC RAIL STEELS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0030088354     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(95)06776-0     Document Type: Article

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