Abstract
The fatigue behavior of pearlitic steels in wheel-rails is correlated to the microstructure. However, existing models do barely take this correlation into account. In this work, we propose a hierarchical meshing to describe the microstructure of pearlitic steels. The mesh includes grain and block/colony boundaries, lamellae orientations, and orientation perpendicular to lamellae. We use the Voronoi Tessellation method to generate elements with the specific area fraction distribution for pearlite colony areas. The colony and block information is obtained from SEM and EBSD measurements of R260 steel to construct the mesh that represents the microstructure. Finally, we obtained the deformed microstructure via simple geometrical shearing. This meshing method is the first step for modeling fatigue crack growth anisotropy due to plastic deformation.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 205228 |
Journal | Wear |
Volume | 540-541 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2024 |
Keywords
- Fatigue crack growth
- Microstructure representation
- Pearlitic steel
- Voronoi tessellation method
- Wheel and rail contact
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Materials Chemistry