Numerical analysis for predicting the rolling contact fatigue crack initiation in a railway wheel steel

Tribology International

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 585-593

  Taraf, M ^a   Zahaf, E H ^b   Oussouaddi, O ^a,b   Zeghloul, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Material defects; Railway wheel; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC-PLASTIC FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FATIGUE CRACKS; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; HERTZIAN CONTACT PRESSURES; LOAD MAGNITUDE; MATERIAL DEFECT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; RAILWAY WHEEL STEELS; RAILWAY WHEELS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE CRACKS; SIZE AND SHAPE;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; RAILROADS; STEEL METALLURGY; VEHICLE WHEELS;

CRACKS;

EID: 73149087899     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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