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 …

Fatigue crack is one of the most common defects in railway system. Fatigue crack growth
may lead to wheel and rail failure and damage to other components. In this paper, by …

In the context of fatigue crack growth (FCG), the validation of FEM predictions with
experimental results has been made in terms of crack closure and da/dN. The objective here …

The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of a new stop-hole technique on the
subsequent delay in fatigue crack propagation. Single edge notch tension specimens of …

Fatigue crack growth (FCG) is usually studied using ΔK, however several limitations have
been found in the use of da/dN-ΔK curves. Therefore, the FCG in the 2050-T8 aluminium …

The paper systematically investigates the fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior of Q345 steel
under a single tensile overload during constant amplitude cyclic loadings by combining the …

With the aim to provide the structural design stage with data on the crack retardation/
acceleration effects caused by overload/underload and to explore the corresponding …

The plastic CTOD range, δ p, which quantifies crack tip plastic deformation, is used to study
fatigue crack propagation instead of the classical ΔK elastic parameter. A da/dN-δ p model …

This paper presents an extensive literature review focusing on the utilisation of crack tip
plasticity as a crucial parameter in determining and enhancing crack growth models. The …

Fatigue life and crack growth retardation due to spectrum loading, which are superposed on
constant amplitude cycles, have been investigated in this paper. For this purpose, numerical …