Elastoplastic analysis of repeated moving contact - Application to railways damage phenomena

Ky Dang Van (1) , Habibou Maitournam (1) , Bernard Prasil (2)

1 LMS - Laboratoire de mécanique des solides
2 SNCF

A quantitative theory for the prediction of contact damage is presented. It relies on:

1. thermo-elastoplastic computational methods (‘stationary methods’) used to evaluate the stress, strain and temperature fields in structures subjected to repeated moving loads. These methods, based on the steady state assumption, comprise two numerical procedures for the calculations of stress and strain either for an arbitrary number of loading passes or directly for the stabilized state;
2. a multiaxial fatigue criterion based on a macro-micro analysis, and evaluating micro-stresses in disoriented elements from the macroscopic loading path.

Mots clés: Multiaxial fatigue; Ratchetting rate; Moving loads; Thermo-elastoplasticity; Finite element analysis

Domaines: Mécanique [physics.med-ph]

Ky Dang Van, Habibou Maitournam, Bernard Prasil. Elastoplastic analysis of repeated moving contact - Application to railways damage phenomena. Wear, 1996, 196 (1-2), pp.77-81. ⟨10.1016/0043-1648(95)06864-3⟩. ⟨hal-00111519⟩