Lewis, R. and Dwyer-Joyce, R.S. (2004) Wear mechanisms and transitions in railway wheel steels. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 218 (6). pp. 467-478. ISSN 1350-6501
Abstract
The need to improve safety and reduce costs means that new specifications are being imposed on railway wheel wear. These mean that more durable wheel steels are required. In order to develop such materials, a greater understanding is needed of the wear mechanisms and transitions occurring in wheel steels. In this work, twin-disc wear testing has been carried out to study the wear characteristics of R8T railway wheel steel. The results have indicated that, compared with previous wheel steels, R8T offers greater wear resistance. Three wear regimes were identified; mild, severe, and catastrophic. Wear rates were seen to increase steadily initially and then to level off, before increasing rapidly as the severity of the contact conditions increased. This paper is concerned with the form of the data and the reasons for the transitions. Analysis of the contact conditions indicated that the first transition in the wear rate was caused by the change from partial slip to full slip conditions at the disc interface. Temperature calculations for the contact showed that the large increase in wear rates seen at the second wear transition may result from a thermally induced reduction in yield strength and other material properties. This improved understanding will help in progressing towards the aim of eventually attaining a wear modelling methodology reliant on material properties rather than wear constants derived from testing.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright (c) 2004 Professional Engineering Publishing. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Proceedings- Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Mechanical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Mr Christopher Hardwick |
Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2009 13:08 |
Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2013 16:58 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/1350650042794815 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Professional Engineering Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1243/1350650042794815 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:9188 |