Modeling rail fatigue behavior with multiple hazards

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 73-81

  Shyr, Feng Yeu ^a   Ben Akiva, Moshe ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERAILMENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; HAZARDS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HETEROGENEOUS RAIL UNITS; VEHICLE BREAKDOWN;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

FAILURE; FATIGUE; MODELING;

EID: 0344610255     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)1076-0342(1996)2:2(73)     Document Type: Article

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