Prevention of railroad wheel fracture

JSME International Journal, Series A: Solid Mechanics and Material Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 613-619

  Sakamoto, Haruo ^a   Hirakawa, Kenji ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Kyushu Polytechnic College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; FEM; Fracture toughness; Railroad wheel; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BRAKES; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACKS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLANGES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HEATING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRESS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

THERMAL CRACKS;

DERAILMENTS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; WHEEL;

EID: 0346216918     PISSN: 13447912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmea.46.613     Document Type: Article

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