A two dimensional analysis of mixed-mode rolling contact fatigue crack growth in rails

European Structural Integrity Society

Volumn 25, Issue C, 1999, Pages 235-248

  Bogdański, Stanislaw ^a   Stupnicki, Jacek ^a   Brown, Mike W ^b   Cannon, Dawid F ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c European Rail Research Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

crack growth; fluid entrapment; mixed mode; non proportional; Rolling contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957027347     PISSN: 15661369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-1369(99)80018-1     Document Type: Chapter

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