Modelling rail steel microstructure and its effect on crack initiation

Wear

Volumn 265, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1332-1341

  Franklin, F J ^a   Garnham, J E ^b   Fletcher, D I ^a   Davis, C L ^b   Kapoor, A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Crack initiation; Pearlitic rail steel; Ratcheting failure; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; IRON; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PAPER PRODUCTS; STEEL; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING;

FRANKLIN (CO); IN ORDER; INITIATION (ELECTRIC DISCHARGES); MICRO STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL MODELLING; PEARLITIC MICROSTRUCTURES; RAIL STEELS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF);

RAILS;

CRACKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RAILS; STEEL; WEAR;

EID: 48049084756     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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