As the core parts of the braking system of rail vehicle, the braking performance of the brake
disc will directly affect the safety of vehicle operation, and then lead to vehicle safety …

The state of the art of lead-free solder joint reliability is investigated in this study. Emphasis is
placed on the design for reliability (DFR) and reliability testing and data analysis. For …

The initiation and propagation of short cracks are critical to the detailed understanding of the
failure mechanisms of engineering materials and structures. Therefore, for a safety critical …

This Second Edition of Mechanical Design and Manufacturing of Electric Motors provides in-
depth knowledge of design methods and developments of electric motors in the context of …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of variable amplitude service loading
conditions and wear phenomenon on reliability analysis for rail steel. For this purpose, the …

In this paper, a reliability analysis of fatigue crack growth for a pearlitic Grade 900A rail steel
subject to the growth of multiple cracks is presented. The stress intensity factors (SIFs) at the …

Exploring braking behaviors of powder metallurgy (PM) brake pads mating with different
brake discs is conducive to promoting the development of high-speed trains. In this study …

Disc–block interface properties have prominent influence on the dynamic behaviors of train
braking systems. In this study, the tribological characteristics of small-scale train friction …

We develop a T-spline isogeometric boundary element method (IGABEM)(Simpson et al.,
2012; Scott et al., 2013; Simpson et al., 2014) to shape sensitivity analysis and gradient …

While brake disc wear represents a significant problem in high-speed rail systems, the
progressive development of fatigue cracks during successive braking cycles also plays a …