supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51175438,U1134202);National Science and Technology Support Program of China(Grant No.2009BAG12A01);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of China(Grant No.NCET-08-0824)
Thermal damage caused by frictional heat of rolling-sliding contact is one of the most important failure forms of wheel and rail. Many studies of wheel-rail frictional heating have been devoted to the temperature fiel...