Defects and in-service fatigue life of truck wheels

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-57

  Carboni, M ^a   Beretta, S ^a   Finzi, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive failures; Defects; Fatigue strength; Wheels

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DEFECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SERVICE LIFE;

LOAD SEQUENCES;

TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

DEFECT; FATIGUE LIFE ANALYSIS; TRUCK; WHEEL;

EID: 0037294122     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(02)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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