Structural fatigue investigation of transverse surface crack growth in rail steels and thermite welds subjected to in-plane and out-of-plane loading

• Main Authors: Liu, Yang, Tsang, Kin Shun, Hoh, Hsin Jen, Shi, Xiaopeng, Pang, John Hock Lye
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Fatigue Crack Growth; Stress Intensity Factor
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154761
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigates the structural fatigue crack growth behavior of observed transverse surface cracks in rail steel and thermite weld subjected to in-plane and out-of-plane loading. Stress Intensity Factor (SIFs) solutions were derived from finite element model analysis for transverse surface c...