Fatigue crack growth in a welded rail under the influence of residual stresses

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-285

  Skyttebol, Anders ^a   Josefson, B L ^a   Ringsberg, J W ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Fatigue; Flash butt welding; Rails; Residual stresses

Indexed keywords

AXLES; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DEFECTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; WELDING;

AXLE LOADS; CRACK LOCATION; RAIL TEMPERATURE; WELDED RAILS;

RAILROADS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; RAILWAY; WELD;

EID: 4644262939     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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