Design and failure modes of automotive suspension springs

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1155-1174

  Prawoto, Y ^a   Ikeda, M ^a   Manville, S K ^a   Nishikawa, A ^a,b  

^a NHK International Corp   (United States)

^b Dept NHK SPRING Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coil spring; Decarburization; Delayed quench crack; Inclusion; Metallurgical failure analysis

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; DECARBURIZATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INCLUSIONS; LOAD LIMITS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

COIL SPRING; DELAYED QUENCH CRACK; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AUTOMOBILE SPRINGS;

AUTOMOBILE SPRINGS; CRACK INITIATION; DECARBURIZATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INCLUSIONS; LOAD LIMITS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 41849131508     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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