The objective of this work is to investigate the microstructure evolution of railway pearlitic
wheel materials (ER7, CL60 and C-class) under a rolling-sliding contact loading. Firstly …

Strengthening mechanisms and strength–structure relationships have been analyzed in a
cold-drawn pearlitic steel with a structural scale in the nanometer range and a flow stress of …

Rolling-sliding wear experiments were performed to investigate the wear and rolling contact
fatigue (RCF) behaviours of a premium pearlitic rail (PH), a carbon-free bainitic rail (BH) and …

The mechanical properties and fracture behavior of high-carbon steel are closely related to
the microstructural characteristics. This work developed the artificial representative volume …

The microstructure and crystallography of drawn pearlitic steel wires have been quantified
by a number of electron microscopy techniques including scanning electron microscopy …

This paper aimed to investigate the wear properties of different wheel-rail material pairs with
various hardness values. Twin-disc wear experiments were carried out via cross-matching …

This paper attempts to study the microstructural stress-strain evolution and strain localization
in the ferrite-pearlite steel by high-resolution experimental-numerical integrated testing …

Pearlitic steels possess excellent mechanical properties due to their multiscale
microstructures, yet this configuration introduces complex size and interface effects …

Improvement of wear resistance and mechanical performance of rails used in heavy-haul
railway are essential to reduce railroad maintenance costs. A novel heat treatment based on …

The present paper focuses on the microstructure-based cleavage crack propagation in a
Charpy impact tested fully pearlitic steel by correlating microstructure and crystallography …