Relationships between the fatigue crack growth resistance characteristics of a steel and the tread surface damage of railway wheel

• Autorzy: Ostash O. P. , Kulyk V. V. , Lenkovskiy T. M. , Duriagina Z. A. , Vira V. V. , Tepla T. L.

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DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0012.0662

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The aim of the proposed research is to establish experimentally the relation between damaging of the tread surface of model wheels and the characteristics of fatigue crack growth resistance of wheel steels AKh th AKh th AKh fc AKh fc), depending on its microstructure. Design/methodology/approach: Characteristics of the fatigue crack growth resistance have been determined on the specimens cut out from the hot rolled plate of thickness 10 mm of the steel which is an analogue of railway wheel steels. To obtain different steel microstructures and its strength level, test specimens were quenched (820°C, in oil) and then tempered at 400°C, 500°C, and 600°C for 2 h. The characteristics of Mode I fatigue crack growth resistance of steel were determined on the basis of fatigue macrocrack growth rate diagrams da/dN-AK, obtained by the standard method on compact specimens with the thickness of 10 mm at a frequency of 10-15 Hz and the stress ratio R = 0.1 of the loading cycle. The characteristics of Mode II fatigue crack growth resistance were determined on the basis of da/dN-AKH diagrams, obtained by authors method on edge notched specimens with the thickness 3.2 mm at a frequency of 10-15 Hz and R = –1 taking account of the crack face friction. The hardness was measured with a TK-2 hardness meter. Zeiss-EVO40XVP scanning electron microscope was used for microstructural investigations. Rolling contact fatigue testing was carried out on the model specimens of a wheel of thickness 8 mm and diameter 40 mm in contact with a rail of length 220 mm, width 8 mm and height 16 mm. Wheels were manufactured form the above-described steel after different treatment modes. Rails were cut out from a head the full-scale rail of hardness 46 HRC. The damaging was assessed by a ratio of the area with gaps formed by pitting and spalling to the general area of the wheel tread surface using a special stand. Findings: The growth of the damage of the tread surface of the model wheels correlates uniquely with the decrease of the cyclic fracture toughness of the wheel steel AKh fc and AKh fc, determined at Mode I and Mode II fracture mechanisms. These characteristics of the wheel steel can be considered as the determining parameter of this process, in contrast to the fatigue thresholds AKh th and AKh th. Research limitations/implications: Investigations were conducted on model wheels that simulate the damage of real railway wheels tread surface. Practical implications: A relationship between the damage of tread surface of railway wheels and the strength level of wheel steels is determined. Originality/value: The damage of the tread surface of the model wheels during the rolling contact fatigue of the pair wheel-rail increases with the growth of the strength (hardness) of the wheel steel, which corresponds to the statistical data of the operation of the real railway wheels. Research limitations/implications: Investigations were; conducted on model wheels that simulate the damage of real railway wheels tread surface. Practical implications: A relationship between the damage of tread surface of railway wheels and the strength level of wheel steels is determined. Originality/value: The damage of the tread surface of the model wheels during the rolling) contact fatigue; of the pair wheel-rail increases with the growth of the strength (hardness) of the wheel steel, which corresponds to the statistical data of the operation of the real railway wheels.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

wheel steel; microstructure; strength; Fatigue Crack Growth Resistance Characteristics; model wheels; tread surface damage

PL

stalowa tarcza; mikrostruktura; siła

• Wydawca: International OCSCO World Press
• Czasopismo: Archives of Materials Science and Engineering
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 90, nr 2
• Strony: 49--55
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 19 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Ostash O. P.

• Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 5 Naukova St., Lviv 79060, Ukraine

autor

Kulyk V. V.

• Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 Bandera St., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine

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Lenkovskiy T. M.

• Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 5 Naukova St., Lviv 79060, Ukraine

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Duriagina Z. A.

• Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 Bandera St., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine
• The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland

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Vira V. V.

• Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 Bandera St., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine

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Tepla T. L.

• Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 Bandera St., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine

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