Effects of temperature gradient and temperature-dependent material properties on the stress-strain evolution in railway wheels
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Published online on March 06, 2026
Abstract
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Ahead of Print.
To investigate the interaction mechanism between temperature gradients and material temperature dependency in wheel-rail contact behavior, a three-dimensional thermomechanical coupled finite element model was established. Heat flux density, normal/...
To investigate the interaction mechanism between temperature gradients and material temperature dependency in wheel-rail contact behavior, a three-dimensional thermomechanical coupled finite element model was established. Heat flux density, normal/...