Fracture and fatigue crack growth analysis or rail steels

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-346

  Aglan, Heshmat A ^a   Fateh, Mahmood ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bainitic steel; Fatigue; Fracture toughness; Pearlitic steel

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548535557     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2007.2.335     Document Type: Article

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