Modelling wear and crack initiation in rails

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

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-33

  Franklin, F J ^a   Kapoor, A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Crack initiation; Rail wheel contact; Ratcheting failure; Wear

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRACK INITIATION; DELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL STRUCTURES; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

RAIL-WHEEL CONTACT; RATCHETING FAILURE; STEEL RAILS; TRAIN DYNAMICS;

RAILS;

EID: 34250848406     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409JRRT60     Document Type: Article

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