Numerical study of the mechanical deterioration of insulated rail joints

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

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Sandstrom J ^a   Ekberg, A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Insulated joints; Low cycle fatigue; Ratcheting; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANISM; EFFECTIVE STRAIN; INSULATED JOINT; INSULATED JOINTS; LOAD MAGNITUDE; LONGITUDINAL LOADING; LOW CYCLE FATIGUES; LOW-CYCLE FATIGUE; MULTI-AXIAL LOADINGS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PLASTIC ZONE SIZE; RAIL JOINT; RATCHETING; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; SIMULATION RESULT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; DETERIORATION; FRICTION; STEEL METALLURGY;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 69249139890     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT243     Document Type: Article

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