Failure analysis of a crankshaft made from ductile cast iron

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1260-1267

  Asi, Osman ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crankshaft; Ductile cast iron; Failure analysis; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

CAST IRON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRACKS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROHARDNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING;

DIESEL ENGINE CRANKSHAFT; DUCTILE CAST IRON; PHOTO DOCUMENTATION; VISUAL EXAMINATION;

CRANKSHAFTS;

CAST IRON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRACKS; CRANKSHAFTS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROHARDNESS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE TESTING;

EID: 33745940884     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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