Procedure for reliable durability validation of train axles

Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 973-982

  Grubisic, V ^b   Fischer, G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR STRUCTURAL DURABILITY AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY LBF   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allowable stresses; Fatigue life estimation; Fatigue strength; Operational stress spectra; Structural durability approval; Train axles

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE LIFE ESTIMATION; OPERATIONAL STRESS SPECTRA; STRUCTURAL DURABILITY APPROVAL; TRAIN AXLES;

DURABILITY; LOCOMOTIVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AXLES;

EID: 33845943804     PISSN: 09335137     EISSN: 15214052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mawe.200600086     Document Type: Article

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