Modelling thermal effects in ratcheting-led wear and rolling contact fatigue

Wear

Volumn 265, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1325-1331

  Widiyarta, I M ^a   Franklin, F J ^a   Kapoor, A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Crack initiation; Frictional heating; Rolling sliding contact; Wear

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CRACKS; DEBRIS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; HEATING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS; RAILS; STEEL METALLURGY;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC) STRESS; (E ,3E) PROCESS; COMPUTER MODELLING; CONTACT AREAS; CRITICAL STRAIN; DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; FRICTION COEFFICIENT (FC); FRICTIONAL HEATING; INITIATION (ELECTRIC DISCHARGES); MATERIAL SOFTENING; PLASTIC STRAINING; RATCHETING FAILURE; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF); SEVERE PLASTIC DEFORMATION (SPD); STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; WEAR DEBRIS; WEAR RATES;

FRICTION;

EID: 48049107523     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.02.026     Document Type: Article

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