Ratcheting and fatigue-led wear in rail-wheel contact

• Published in: Fatigue & fracture of engineering materials & structures Vol. 26; no. 10; pp. 949 - 955
• Main Authors: FRANKLIN, F. J., CHUNG, T., KAPOOR, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: PO Box 1354, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2XG, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.10.2003
• Subjects: computer simulation; partial slip; ratcheting failure; wear

ABSTRACT A computer model, which simulates the ratcheting wear of a ductile material subject to repeated loading, is presented and discussed in detail. Variation of material properties is a feature of the model, failure by ductility exhaustion occurring at isolated points or extending regions of fai...