Research Article

Effect of Surface Hardening on Dynamic Frictional Rolling Contact Behavior and Degradation of Corrugated Rail

Table 2

Comparison of results from different methods.

ApproachContact patchMaximum stress
Semiaxis (mm)Semiaxis (mm)Area (mm2)Vertical (MPa)Shear (MPa)

Hertz7.725.84141.61090.5
CONTACT7.785.71139.61158.4294.1
FEA7.815.98146.71160.3296.4
Difference w.r.t. Hertz−1.15%−2.34%−3.48%−6.02%
Difference w.r.t. CONTACT−0.38%−4.52%−4.84%−0.16%−0.78%