Evaluation of fatigue life of aluminum alloy wheels under radial loads

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 791-800

  Raju, P Ramamurty ^a   Satyanarayana, B ^b   Ramji, K ^b   Babu, K Suresh ^a  

^a SRKR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fatigue life; Finite element analysis; Radial fatigue load; S N curve; Safety factor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESSES; VEHICLE WHEELS;

RADIAL FATIGUE LOADS; STRESS LEVELS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SAFETY FACTOR; STRESSES; VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 33846816560     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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