Fatigue reliability of wind turbines: historical perspectives, recent developments and future prospects

D Liao, SP Zhu, JAFO Correia, AMP De Jesus… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wind, as a sustainable and affordable energy source, represents a strong alternative to
traditional energy sources. However, wind power is only one of the options, together with …

RETRACTED: Reliability analysis of fatigue crack growth for rail steel under variable amplitude service loading conditions and wear

RM Nejad, Z Liu, W Ma, F Berto - 2021 - Elsevier
The article duplicates significant parts of a paper that had already appeared in Engineering
Failure Analysis, Volume 128 (2021) 105625 https://doi. org/10.1016/j. engfailanal …

Fatigue reliability assessment of a pearlitic Grade 900A rail steel subjected to multiple cracks

RM Nejad, Z Liu, W Ma, F Berto - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Application of improved GRNN model to predict interlamellar spacing and mechanical properties of hypereutectoid steel

L Qiao, Z Wang, J Zhu - Materials Science and Engineering: A, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, mechanical properties of hypereutectoid steels after thermomechanical
processing have been evaluated using standard mechanical tests and a theoretical model …

Fatigue damage assessment of complex railway turnout crossings via Peridynamics-based digital twin

M Hamarat, M Papaelias, S Kaewunruen - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Railway turnouts are essential in the train traffic route management for modern railways.
Despite significant devotion to railway turnout research, one of their most common failures …

On fatigue life prediction of Al-alloy 2024 plates in riveted joints

RM Nejad, F Berto, G Wheatley, M Tohidi, W Ma - Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to numerically investigate the fatigue life and the fatigue crack
growth path of 2024 aluminum plate riveted joints. For this purpose, according to field …

Fatigue fracture and fatigue life assessment of railway wheel using non‐linear model for fatigue crack growth

RM Nejad, F Berto - International Journal of Fatigue, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Prediction system of rolling contact fatigue on crossing nose based on support vector regression

L Kou, M Sysyn, J Liu, S Fischer, O Nabochenko, W He - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
It is essential to assess the rolling contact fatigue (RCF) of turnouts and maintain them in
advance. It saves a lot of money while protecting the safety of railway operations. In …

Numerical study on rolling contact fatigue in rail steel under the influence of periodic overload

RM Nejad - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Damage investigation of a pressurized elbow pipe using the XFEM technique under severe cyclic loading

MEA Khiari, M Mokhtari, F Telli… - Mechanics of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Given the various loading cases possible in tubular structures, cyclic bending moment is one
of the frequent cases presented in bent structures attached by straight tubular parts, as in …