Influence of plastic deformations on growth of subsurface rolling contact fatigue cracks in railway wheels

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-473

  Lansler, E ^a   Ekberg, A ^a   Kabo, E ^a,b   Andersson, H ^a,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Semcon AB   (Sweden)

^c SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Fracture mechanics; Numerical simulations; Parametric study; Plastic deformation; Railway wheels; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILROADS; ROLLING RESISTANCE; VEHICLE WHEELS;

CONTACT LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION; RAILWAY WHEELS;

PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

EID: 34247148883     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409JRRT37     Document Type: Article

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