The tool for assessing the damage tolerance of railway wheel under service conditions

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Peng, D ^a   Jones, R ^a   Constable, T ^b   Lingamanaik, S N ^a   Chen, B K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QR National ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact stresses; Fatigue crack growth; Residual stresses; Stop braking; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; CONTACT STRESS; ELASTIC-PLASTIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (FEM); LOAD SPECTRUM; LOW CARBON; MANUFACTURE PROCESS; MECHANICAL LOADS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; PEARLITIC STEELS; RAIL WHEEL; RAILWAY WHEELS; RESIDUAL LIFE; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SERVICE CONDITIONS;

ALGORITHMS; BRAKES; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMAL STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 84862780644     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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