The current status of theory and practice on rail integrity in Japanese railways-rolling contact fatigue and corrugations

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 909-919

  Ishida, M ^a   Akama, M ^a   Kashiwaya, K ^a   Kapoor, A ^b  

^a RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; DEFECTS; FATIGUE TESTING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILS; WHEELS;

INTERFACE PROBLEMS; RAIL INTEGRITY; RAILWAY COMPANIES; RAILWAYS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE;

RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES;

EID: 0242305833     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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