Effect of probability of detection upon the definition of inspection intervals for railway axles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-417

  Carboni, M ^a   Beretta, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

A1N steel; Damage tolerance; Inspection intervals; Probability of detection; Railway axles

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; PROBABILITY; RAILROADS;

DETECTION CURVES; PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; SERVICE LOADS;

AXLES;

EID: 38149011307     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT132     Document Type: Article

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