Fatigue evaluation of surface coated railway rails using shakedown theory, finite element calculations, and lab and field trials

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 680-694

  Ringsberg, Jonas W ^a   Franklin, Francis J ^b   Josefson, B Lennart ^a   Kapoor, Ajay ^b   Nielsen, Jens C O ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; FE simulation; Rail surface coating; Rolling contact fatigue; Shakedown limit; Surface cracks.

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; STRAIN HARDENING;

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; RAIL SURFACE COATING; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; SHAKEDOWN LIMIT; SURFACE CRACKS;

RAILS;

EID: 14544308875     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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