The blending of theory and practice in modern rail grinding

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 921-929

  Magel, E ^a   Roney, M ^a   Kalousek, J ^a   Sroba, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact fatigue; Magic wear rate; Preventative rail grinding; Pummeling

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; GRINDING (MACHINING); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILS;

CONTACT FATIGUE; PREVENTIVE GRINDING; PUMMELING; RAIL GRINDING;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 0242368832     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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