Multi-scale finite element model to describe wear and rolling contact fatigue in the wheel-rail test rig

9th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems, CM 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 352-361

  Pletz, Martin ^a,b   Daves, Werner ^a,b   Yao, Weiping ^b   Kubin, Wilhelm ^b   Scheriau, Stephan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (Austria)

^b MATERIALS CENTER LEOBEN FORSCHUNG GMBH   (Austria)

^c Voest Alpine AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; WHEELS;

CONTACT PRESSURES; DRIVING FORCES; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROUGHNESS MODELS; SLIDING DIRECTION; SPECIAL POINTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) MODELS; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT MODELING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84883130009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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