Fatigue analysis of railway coupling joint

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1175-1184

  Infante, Virginia ^a   Duarte, Pedro ^a   Branco, Carlos Moura ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coupling joint; Cumulative fatigue damage; Fatigue life prediction; Finite element method

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

COUPLING JOINT; HOT SPOT POINTS;

RAILROAD CAR COUPLINGS;

EXTRAPOLATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILROAD CAR COUPLINGS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN GAGES; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 34147092047     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2006.11.055     Document Type: Article

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