An engineering model for prediction of rolling contact fatigue of railway wheels

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 899-909

  Ekberg, A ^a   Kabo, E ^a   Andersson, H ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CAE; Fatigue design; Railway wheels; RCF

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF);

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0036795277     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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