The competitive role of wear and RCF in a rail steel

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-308

  Donzella, G ^a   Faccoli, M ^a   Ghidini, A ^b   Mazzù, Angelo ^c   Roberti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Lucchini Sidermeccanica   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cracks; Elastic shakedown; Rails; Rolling contact fatigue; Wear

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RAILROADS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CRACK NUCLEATION; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF); SURFACE CRACKS;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; RAILWAY;

EID: 4644228593     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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