3D model of liquid entrapment mechanism for rolling contact fatigue cracks in rails

Wear

Volumn 265, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1356-1362

  Bogdanski S ^a   Lewicki, P ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

"Squat" type cracks in rails; 3D FE crack model; Coupled fields; Fluid entrapment mechanism; RCF crack growth; Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) cracks

Indexed keywords

CRACK DETECTION; CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MECHANISMS; PRESSURE; RAILS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

2-D MODELING; 3-D MODELING; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODEL; CONTACT LOADS; CONTACT PATCH; CRACK FACES; CRACK FRONTS; CRACK GEOMETRIES; EMPTY SPACE; EQUILIBRIUM STATES; FATIGUE GROWTH; ITERATION PROCEDURE; ITERATIVE NUMERICAL PROCEDURE; LEADING EDGE (LE); LIQUID PRESSURE; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF); ROLLING WHEELS; STRESS INTENSITY; SURFACE-BREAKING CRACKS;

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EID: 48049116419     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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