The paper presents the results of the stress analysis of rail rolling contact fatigue cracks. The
basis of the model used in the analysis is the finite element approach which enables the …

The experimental procedures which have been used to carry out fretting fatigue tests are
reviewed and the preferred specimen and contact pad geometries and method of testing are …

Recent accidents involving railway rails have aroused demand for improved and more
efficient rail maintenance strategies to reduce the risk of unexpected rail fracture. Numerical …

Fatigue failure in rolling element bearings (REBs) is a highly stochastic process influenced
by the anisotropy of bearing material and the coupled elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) …

Complex crack networks are initiated in rails under Rolling Contact Fatigue. This paper
attempts to model the RCF crack propagation with a particular emphasis on the branching …

Due to increase axle loads, repeated passages of the wheels, rolling contact fatigue cracks
initiate in the surface or subsurface of the rails. These defects can propagate and lead to the …

Cracking is a dangerous degradation mode under fretting loading and the understanding of
crack initiation and propagation is thus a necessity. A double experimental and theoretical …

A 2D X-FEM/LATIN numerical model (eXtended Finite Element Method/Large Time
Increment method) is proposed in this paper for the analysis of fretting fatigue problems and …

A global approach coupling experiments and numerical modeling is proposed to enhance
crack prediction. Fretting tests have been conducted under conditions leading to crack …

In this paper, the direction of crack growth under fretting fatigue loading is studied through
an experimental and theoretical approach. The experimental work enabled the fretting …