The management of fatigue crack growth in railway axles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-336

  Hillmansen, S ^a   Smith, R A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Instrumentation; Non destructive testing; Railway axle

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; RAILROADS;

INSTRUMENTATION; MAINTENANCE COSTS; MANAGEMENT POLICIES; RAILWAY AXLES;

AXLES;

EID: 14744298899     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409043125879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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