Rail squats remain a major rolling contact fatigue problem for mass transit authorities.
Several studies have been conducted to supplement the standard characterization of rail …

The study aims to explore the effect of tangential force on wear and rolling contact fatigue
(RCF) behaviors of wheel material using a JD-1 wheel/rail simulation facility. The normal …

Heat transfer in particulate beds has an important impact for many industrial processes as
well as for the storage of particulate material. This study is aimed at modeling the granular …

The wear damage and fatigue spalling behaviors of the martensite strip white etched area
(WEA) prepared by subjecting the U71MnG steel to laser quenching were studied. The …

The surface scratch and thermal fatigue damage of wheel and rail materials are imperative
problems affecting safety and stable operation of railway transportation. This study is to …

Abstract The formation of Tribological Surface Transformation (TST), known as white etching
layer (WEL) in the wheel–rail contact, corresponds to progressive and irreversible …

The white etching layer (WEL) is a bright layer formed on the surface of steel and revealed
when the latter is etched with Nital solution (a solution of nitric acid and ethanol). WELs have …

An isogeometric boundary element method (IGABEM) is proposed for solving the steady-
state heat transfer problems with concentrated/surface internal heat sources. The …

To improve the performance of endovascular grafts used for the treatment of abdominal
aortic aneurysms, we develop a methodology to analyze the phenomena of type I endoleaks …

The present work provides the analysis of coupled thermo-elastic steady wear regimes:
wear analysis of a punch translating on an elastic strip and wear induced by a rotating …