Structural health monitoring of railroad wheels using wheel impact load detectors

Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-225

  Stratman, Brant ^a   Liu, Yongming ^a   Mahadevan, Sankaran ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic failure; Crack growth rate; Data interpretation; Failure analysis; Nondestructive testing; Structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE; CRACK GROWTH RATE; RAILROAD WHEELS; WHEEL IMPACT LOAD DETECTORS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 41249092274     PISSN: 15477029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11668-007-9043-3     Document Type: Review

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