Stress relief during annealing of railway wheel steel characterized by synchrotron X-ray micro-diffraction

• Railway wheels in service experience rolling contact fatigue loading, but also need to resist frictional heating on braking, yielding temperatures up to 500 degrees C. The combination of mechanical and thermal loads leads to changes in the mechanical properties of the material. The focus of this study is to investigate the effect of annealing on local microstructure and residual stresses in railway wheel pearlitic steel (medium carbon steels, similar to 0.55 wt.% C) using synchroton X-ray Laue micro-diffraction. It is found that the local residual stress releases to a large extent after annealing at 500 degrees C. The stress formation and relief mechanisms and their relationship to the local microstructure are discussed.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Teknisk mekanik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Applied Mechanics (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Bearbetnings-, yt- och fogningsteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Annan materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Other Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Metallurgi och metalliska material (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Metallurgy and Metallic Materials (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Maskinteknik

Mechanical Engineering

Materialteknik

Materials Engineering

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