In this paper, the fatigue life of pearlitic Grade 900A steel used in railway applications is
investigated. To predict the fatigue life of pearlitic Grade 900A steel based on the number of …

In this paper, a reliability analysis of fatigue crack growth for a pearlitic Grade 900A rail steel
subject to the growth of multiple cracks is presented. The stress intensity factors (SIFs) at the …

Manufacturing and maintenance procedures in the railway industry regularly implement
welding and metal deposition operations to produce joints, coatings and repair structures …

The crankshaft is one of the structural components of the engine that converts the linear
motion of the piston into rotational motion. In this study, the failure analysis of spheroidal …

Rapid deterioration of critical rail components due to wear and fatigue is a significant
challenge faced by the railway industry. Laser cladding has been applied to straight and …

In this paper, the fatigue behavior of railway wheel specimens subjected to cyclic loading
have been investigated via experimental tests and numerical analysis. The material …

In this paper, the fatigue behavior of resistance spot welding in the ferrite-martensite dual-
phase steel joints with one and three spot-welds and hybrid joints have been investigated …

Railway transportation system is one of the main needs of the population living in
industrialized countries. Many studies have been conducted by engineers due to the …

Extreme high-speed laser material deposition (EHLA) allows the additive manufacturing to a
mass production due to its enhanced scanning speed and reduced detrimental to the …

In this paper, fatigue life and crack growth retardation of railway wheel specimens due to
spectrum loading have been investigated. For this purpose, numerical and experimental …