Competition between wear and rolling contact fatigue at the wheel-rail interface: Some experimental evidence on rail steel

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-44

  Donzella, G ^a   Mazzu A ^a   Petrogalli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Rails; Ratcheting; Rolling contact fatigue; Surface cracks; Wear

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; CONTACT SURFACE; CYCLIC CONTACTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HYDRAULIC PRESSURE; LOW FRICTION; RAIL STEEL; RATCHETING; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROLLING SLIDING CONTACT; SUBSURFACE LAYER; SURFACE CRACKS; SURFACE DAMAGES; TEST CASE; WEAR; WHEEL-RAIL INTERFACE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

COMPETITION; CRACKS; FRICTION; STEEL METALLURGY; VEHICLE WHEELS; WHEELS;

SURFACES;

EID: 69249133838     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT161     Document Type: Article

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