Prevention of RCF damage in curved track through development of the INFRA-STAR two-material rail

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1007-1017

  Hiensch, E J M ^a   Franklin, F J ^b   Nielsen, J C O ^c   Ringsberg, J W ^c   Weeda, G J ^a   Kapoor, A ^b   Josefson, B L ^c  

^a AEA Technology Rail bv   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; Dynamic train track interaction; FE simulation; Rail surface coating; Rolling contact fatigue; Shakedown limit

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CALCULATIONS; COATINGS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; RAILS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

DYNAMIC TRAIN TRACK INTERACTION; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 0242337382     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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