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Wear 366-367 (2016) 188–193 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Wear journal homepage: /locate/wear Stress gradient effects in surface initiated rolling contact fatigue of rails and wheels Anders Ekberg a,n, Elena Kabo a,c, Roger Lundén a, Motohide Matsui b a CHARMEC, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden b Railway Technical Research Institute, 2-8-38 Hikari Kokubunji, Tokyo 185-8540, Japan c Qamcom RT, Falkenbergsgatan 3, SE-412 85 Gothenburg, Sweden article info Article history: Received 16 October 2015 Received in revised form 23 April 2016 Accepted 25 April