Advanced metallurgical alloy design and thermomechanical processing for rails steels for North American heavy haul use

Wear

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 364-373

  Ordonez Olivares R ^a   Garcia, C I ^a   DeArdo, A ^a   Kalay, S ^b   Robles Hernandez F C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced rail steel; Characterization; Microstructure; Premium rail steel; Rolling contact fatigue (RCF); Thermo mechanical processing (TMP)

Indexed keywords

ALLOY DESIGNS; ANNUAL EXPENDITURE; FATIGUE PERFORMANCE; HARDNESS BRINELL; HEAVY HAUL; LIFE EXTENSIONS; NORTH AMERICAN; PREMIUM RAIL STEEL; RAIL LIFE; RAIL STEEL; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF); THERMO-MECHANICAL PROCESSING;

DESIGN; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FRICTION; HARDNESS; RAILROADS; RAILS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

STEEL METALLURGY;

EID: 79955756690     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2010.10.048     Document Type: Article

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