Increasing fatigue crack initiation life in butt-welded UIC60 rail by optimization of welding process parameters - Ghazanfari, Mohsen; Hosseini Tehrani, Parisa (International journal of fatigue, 2021)
Keywords: Butt joints; Butt welding; Crack initiation; Crack propagation; Critical plane; Evolutionary algorithms; Fatigue failure; Fatigue life; Finite element method; Flash butt weld; Fracture mechanics; ICA; Materials fatigue; Mathematical models; Optimization; Process parameters; Welded joints; Welding parameters; Critical plane; Flash butt weld; ICA; Optimization; Crack initiation