An investigation on the influence of rotary bending and press fitting on stress intensity factors and fatigue crack growth in railway axles

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1906-1920

  Madia, M ^a   Beretta, S ^a   Zerbst, U ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Damage tolerance; Press fitting; Railway axles; Rotary bending

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

PRESS FITTING; RAILWAY AXLES; ROTARY BENDING; SURFACE CRACKS;

AXLES;

AXLES; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; INSPECTION; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

EID: 39149110291     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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