Subsurface rolling contact fatigue damage of railway wheels - A probabilistic analysis

International Journal of Fatigue

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-152

  Sandström, Johan ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Epsilon AB Utvecklingscentrum Väst   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defects; Probability; Railway wheels; Rolling contact fatigue; Variable amplitude

Indexed keywords

CONTACT STRESS; DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; DYNAMIC TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION; FATIGUE FAILURES; FATIGUE STRENGTH; HERTZIAN THEORY; MATERIAL DEFECT; NUMERICAL MODELS; PALMGREN-MINER RULE; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; RAIL CORRUGATION; RAILWAY WHEELS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STRESS FIELD; THEORY OF ELASTICITY; TRAIN SPEED; VARIABLE AMPLITUDES; VARIABLE LOADINGS; WHEEL RIMS;

DEFECTS; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; LOADING; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAILROADS; RAILS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 84655170022     PISSN: 01421123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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