Analysis of subsurface crack propagation under rolling contact loading in railroad wheels using FEM

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2659-2674

  Liu, Yongming ^a   Liu, Liming ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Fracture; Mixed mode crack; Railroad wheels; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

MIXED-MODE FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION MODEL; RAILROAD WHEELS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE;

WHEELS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; WHEELS;

EID: 34548238777     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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