Investigation on rolling contact fatigue and wear properties of railway rails

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 223, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1033-1039

  Wang, W J ^a   Zhong, W ^a   Guo, J ^a   Liu, Q Y ^a   Zhu, M H ^a   Zhou, Z R ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling mechanism; Crack; Rail; Rolling contact fatigue; Wear

Indexed keywords

AXLE LOADS; COUPLING MECHANISM; CURVE RADIUS; FATIGUE CRACKS; FATIGUE MICROCRACKS; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; RAIL MATERIAL; RAIL ROLLING; RAILWAY RAIL; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROLLING WEAR; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; WEAR PROPERTIES; WEAR SCARS; WEAR VOLUME; WHEEL/RAIL;

FRICTION; MICROCRACKS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); ROLLING; STEEL METALLURGY; WHEELS;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 76549112195     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/13506501JET588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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