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Current developments in the whole life rail model to predict rolling contact fatigue in rails

Last updated on 11 October 2013 2:59

The results of detailed modelling of two sites known to contain RCF cracks is described. The results showed how the sites where RCF cracks formed could be described by two damage parameters, one based on the material shakedown diagram and the other on the energy expended within the wheel-rail contact...

Author(s): Burstow M.C.;Benyon J.;Watson A.S.;Beagles A.E.;Beagles M.

Organisation(s): AEA Technology Rail ; RSSB ;

2003

United Kingdom

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