Subsurface initiated rolling contact fatigue of railway wheels as generated by rail corrugation

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7975-7987

  Ekberg, Anders ^a   Kabo, Elena ^a,b   Nielsen, Jens C O ^a   Lundén, Roger ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Semcon AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

High frequency train track interaction; Material defects; Numerical simulations; Rail corrugation; Rolling contact fatigue; Wheel out of roundness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROLLING; SURFACE DEFECTS;

HIGH-FREQUENCY TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION; MATERIAL DEFECTS; RAIL CORRUGATION; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; WHEEL OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS;

RAILROAD ENGINEERING;

EID: 35148871367     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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