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Fatigue Crack Growth Modeling and Life Prediction of ‘cae Rail Wheel Student's Name |Mohammed Miraj Hayat | RMD (FT-2008) Scademic IN. C. Mahendra Babu and C. Rupesh Kumar Supervisor(s) Ay ‘Mohammed Miraj Hayat Industrial INitin Chowdhary, Chief Workshop Engineer (RWF), hayat.miraj@gmail.com Supervisor(s) Bangalore Ph, No:0 99863 35418 Keywords: Rail Wheel, Life Prediction, RCF, Fatigue Crack Modeling, Crack Growth Rate Abstract: ‘The fatigue problem of ral road wheel, which is often referred to as rolling contact fatigue, is caused by repeated contact stresses during the rolling motion. This rolling contact fatigue of rail whee] may cause severe damage to rail wheel, rail, ‘rain suspension and sometimes derailment of the train, Proper prediction of rail wheel fatigue life and incorporation of appropriate measures to avoid rail whee! fatigue are very important issues to be addressed. Proper understanding of undergoing mechanism of rolling contact fatigue requires detailed knowledge of interaction of wheel and rail, Inthe present study, a three dimensional Finite Element model of Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) rail wheel set, for which the data is obtained from rail wheel factory, has been developed using HyperMesh and ANSYS software tools ta carry out ‘numerical simulation of rolling contact fatigue. The interaction between the rail and the wheel surface has been modelled using appropriate contact surface. Non linear static analysis is performed on the developed FE model ofthe rail wheel set to predict the state of stress atthe interaction surface between the rail and the wheel. High Cyele Fatigue (HCF) life ofthe ‘ail wheel set has been predicted using S-N curve plotted for the material ofthe rail wheel. Based on the results of the non linear static analysis, the probable location of initiation of the surface crack is identified, Further, the fatigue crack growth of the introduced surface crack is predicted by evaluating the Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) and by using Paris fatigue crack ‘growth prediction law. The HCF life obtained from the present study for EMU wheel is estimated as infinite under the considered loading condition and found to be closely matching with the experimental results provided by Rail Wheel Factory (RWF). The SIF for the surface erack existing near the flange having lengths of 2 mm and 3 mm with depth of 0.5 mm are found to be (668.47 MPayimm and 748,07 MPa\mm respectively. Thus the SIF evaluated for the given rail wheel set and forthe given, loading condition can be used to predict fatigue crack growth and will help o plan the inspection interval, Book of Abstracts 197 May 2010

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