Early warnings of the onset of rolling contact fatigue by inspecting the residual stress environment of the railhead

Insight: Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 344-348

  Buttle, David J ^a   Dalzell, William ^a   Thayer, Peter J ^a  

^a RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONTACT ANGLE; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SERVICE LIFE;

RAILHEAD; RAILWAY TRACK; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; SAFE SERVICE LIFE;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 2942739291     PISSN: 13542575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1784/insi.46.6.344.56395     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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2. D J Buttle, W Dalzell and P J Thayer, 'Nondestructive residual stress measurement in rail heads and rolling contact fatigue', Insight, vol. 44, No. 6, June 2002.
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4. J Kelleher, M B Prime, D J Buttle, P M Mummery, P J Webster, J Schakleton, P J Withers. 'The Measurement of Residual Stress in Railway Rails by Diffraction and Other Methods', MECASENS, France, 2003.