Decarburisation and rolling contact fatigue of a rail steel

Wear

Volumn 260, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 523-537

  Carroll, R I ^a   Beynon, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decarburisation; Rail steel; Rolling contact fatigue; Wear

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAILS; SHEAR STRESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DECARBURISATION; RAIL STEELS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; WEAR;

STEEL;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAILS; SHEAR STRESS; STEEL; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

EID: 32244447771     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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