Analysis of internal cracks in railway wheels under experimentally determined pressure distributions

Tribology International

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1147-1160

  Guagliano, M ^a   Pau, M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internal cracks; Railway wheel; Shelling; Ultrasonic waves; Wheel rail interface

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WHEELS;

INTERNAL CRACKS; SHELLING; WHEEL-RAIL INTERFACE;

CRACKS;

EID: 33947104039     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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