Increasing rail life by forecasting fatigue failure

NDT and E International

Volumn 36, Issue 3 SPEC., 2003, Pages 131-134

  Bogdaniuk, Bozyslaw ^a   Massel, Andrzej ^a   Radomski, Rafal ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Failure; Forecasting; Grinding; Rail

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; EXTRAPOLATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

RAIL FAILURES;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 0037400193     PISSN: 09638695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8695(02)00051-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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