Fracture analysis of a camshaft made from nodular cast iron

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1240-1245

  Bayrakceken, H ^a   Ucun, I ^a   Tasgetiren, S ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Camshaft; Nodular graphite cast iron; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; CAST IRON; COMPOSITION; CRANKSHAFTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE ANALYSIS; NODULAR GRAPHITE CAST IRON;

CAMSHAFTS;

AUTOMOBILE ENGINES; CAMSHAFTS; CAST IRON; COMPOSITION; CRANKSHAFTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745932444     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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