Despite substantial advantages in material development and in periodic non-destructive
inspection together with periodic grinding and other measures in order to guarantee safe …

Out-of-round rollingstock wheels are caused by skidding or spalling of the wheel tread and
by dynamic motion of wheels and wheelsets in service. Out-of-round wheels generate …

Rapid deterioration of critical rail components due to wear and fatigue is a significant
challenge faced by the railway industry. Laser cladding has been applied to straight and …

The modeling of dynamic frictional rolling contact is crucial for accurately predicting behavior
and deterioration of structures under dynamic interactions such as wheel/rail, tire/road …

The work focuses on the effect of a general state of initial stress on the dispersion behavior
of guided waves in viscoelastic waveguides. To this purpose, an extension of the Semi …

Transport by rail is an efficient way of moving goods and people while managing problems
such as congestion and the consequences on the environment. The relatively low energy …

The effect of welding residual stresses on fatigue crack growth in rail welds is studied. Finite
element analysis is used to calculate residual stresses in a flash-butt welded rail. The …

It is well known that the empirical parameters correlated to Rolling Contact Fatigue (RCF)
bench tests are sensitive to the microstructural attributes of the bearing material. The key …

This paper represents Part 2 of the parallel paper Part 1, where the strong form hybrid RBF-
FD method was developed for solving thermo-elasto-plastic problems. It addresses the …

Flash-butt welding is commonly used in the manufacture of continuously welded rails
(CWR). The finished welds typically exhibit high levels of tensile residual stresses in the rail …