The development of combination mechanical contact and thermal braking loads for railway wheel fatigue analysis

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-14

  Peng, D ^a   Jones, R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equivalent block method; Fatigue crack growth; Stress intensity factor; Synthetic loading spectrum

Indexed keywords

ALLOWABLE CRACK SIZE; BLOCK METHODS; CYCLIC MECHANICAL LOAD; DAMAGE TOLERANCE ANALYSIS; DEFECT TOLERANCE; FATIGUE ANALYSIS; IN-WHEEL; INITIAL CRACKS; LOADING CYCLES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MECHANICAL CONTACT; MECHANICAL LOADS; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; RAIL WHEEL; RAILWAY WHEELS; RESIDUAL LIFETIME; S SHAPE; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; SERVICE CONDITIONS; SYNTHETIC LOADING; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; THERMAL LOAD; WHEELS;

CRACKS;

EID: 84866469604     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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