Reconstruction of the rolling contact fatigue cracks in rails using X-ray computed tomography

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 199-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meysam Naeimi ◽  
Zili Li ◽  
Zhiwei Qian ◽  
Yu Zhou ◽  
Jun Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Rolling Contact Fatigue ◽  
Contact Fatigue ◽  
Rolling Contact ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Computed

Service Loading Analysis of Wind Turbine Gearbox Rolling Bearings Based on X-Ray Diffraction Residual Stress Measurements

2013 ◽  
Vol 768-769 ◽  
pp. 723-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Gegner ◽  
Wolfgang Nierlich
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Rolling Contact Fatigue ◽  
Contact Fatigue ◽  
Rolling Contact ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Rolling Bearings ◽  
Wind Turbine Gearbox ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Stress Measurements

Rolling bearings in wind turbine gearboxes occasionally fail prematurely by so-called white etching cracks. The appearance of the damage indicates brittle spontaneous tensile stress induced surface cracking followed by corrosion fatigue driven crack growth. An X-ray diffraction based residual stress analysis reveals vibrations in service as the root cause. The occurrence of high local friction coefficients in the rolling contact is described by a tribological model. Depth profiles of the equivalent shear and normal stresses are compared with residual stress patterns and a relevant fracture strength, respectively. White etching crack failures are reproduced on a rolling contact fatigue test rig under increased mixed friction. Causative vibration loading is evident from residual stress measurements. Cold working compressive residual stresses are an effective countermeasure.

Evaluation of Railway Rails Suffered from Rolling Contact Fatigue Using X-Ray Generalized cosα Method

2018 ◽  
Vol 941 ◽  
pp. 2378-2383
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Rolling Contact Fatigue ◽  
Contact Fatigue ◽  
Rolling Contact ◽  
Full Width ◽  
Half Maximum ◽  
Diffraction Ring ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Depth Direction

In this study, the diffraction rings were measured point by point all over the head of rail sample which was used in service, and shearing stresses with respect to the depth direction were determined using the generalized cosα method. The full width at half maximum was also estimated from the diffraction ring.

A Coupled Approach for Modelling Rolling Contact Fatigue Cracks Under Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Balcombe ◽  
M. T. Fowell ◽  
A. V. Olver ◽  
D. Dini
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Elastic Deformation ◽  
Contact Area ◽  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Moving Load ◽  
Rolling Contact Fatigue ◽  
Contact Fatigue ◽  
Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication ◽  
Rolling Contact ◽  
Fluid Solid Interaction

In this paper we present a coupled method for modelling fluid-solid interaction within a crack generated in rolling contact fatigue (RCF) in the presence of lubrication. The technique describes the fluid flow in the contact area and within the crack and explores how this affects the elastic deformation of the solid while the moving load traverses the cracked region. It is argued that this approach sheds light on the instantaneous response of the system, therefore providing a more physically-accurate description of the phenomenon under investigation.

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