Simulation of fatigue crack propagation in railway axles

Journal of ASTM International

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 65-78

  Beretta, S ^a   Carboni, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFGROW; Axles; Block loading; Fatigue crack growth; NASGRO; Strip yield

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AXLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; STEEL;

AFGROW; BLOCK LOADING; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; NASGRO; STRIP-YIELD;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 30644458597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/JAI12040     Document Type: Article

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