An engineering model for rolling contact fatigue (RCF) of railway wheels is developed. Three well-known types of fatigue in wheels - surface-initiated fatigue, subsurfaceinitiated fatigue and fatigue initiated at deep material defects - are accounted for. Fatigue impact is quantified by three fatigue indices expressed in analytical form. The model can easily be integrated in a multibody dynamics code without significantly increasing computational demands. A powerful tool for optimizing train-track configurations with respect to fatigue performance should result. In this paper, theoretical foundations, benefits and limitations of the model are presented. An example of a postprocessing analysis of data from a dynamic simulation of train-track interaction is given.
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Ekberg, A., Kabo, E., & Andersson, H. (2002). An engineering model for prediction of rolling contact fatigue of railway wheels. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 25(10), 899–909. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-2695.2002.00535.x
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