Prediction of wear and plastic flow in rails-Test rig results, model calibration and numerical prediction

Wear

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 92-99

  Brouzoulis, Jim ^a   Torstensson, Peter T ^a   Stock, Richard ^b   Ekh, Magnus ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Voest Alpine AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conformal contact; Plasticity; Profile updating; Test rig; Wear

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL CONTACTS; CONTACT ANALYSIS; ELASTIC SHAKEDOWN; ELASTO-PLASTIC; FE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENTS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOAD CYCLE; LOADING CONDITION; MODEL CALIBRATION; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PROFILE EVOLUTION; PROFILE UPDATING; SIMULATION PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE ABAQUS; TEST RIG; TEST RIGS; VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION; WEAR; WEAR COEFFICIENT; WEAR MODEL; WEAR STEP; WHEEL-RAIL; WORN PROFILES;

ABAQUS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TAXICABS; TRUCKS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 79955772287     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2010.10.021     Document Type: Article

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