Very early stage rolling contact fatigue crack growth in pearlitic rail steels

Wear

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 100-112

  Garnham, J E ^a   Davis, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack initiation; Microstructure; Pearlitic rail steel; Rolling contact fatigue (RCF); Rolling sliding contact

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISATION; CONTACT SURFACE; CRACK GROWTH; EARLY GROWTH; EDDY CURRENT DETECTION; GRAIN SHAPES; GRAIN SIZE; MICROSTRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS; NEAR-SURFACE; PEARLITIC RAIL STEELS; PEARLITIC STEELS; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; RAIL CONTACT; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF); ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE CRACKS; ROLLING SLIDING CONTACT; SMALL CRACK; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TWIN-DISC TEST;

CRACK DETECTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FERRITES; FRICTION; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PEARLITE; RAILS; STEEL METALLURGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRACKS;

EID: 79955780462     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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