The development of a damage tolerance concept for railway components and its demonstration for a railway axle

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-239

  Zerbst, Uwe ^a   Vormwald, Michael ^b   Andersch, Christian ^b   Mädler, Katrin ^c   Pfuff, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^c DB Systemtechnik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage tolerance; ESACRACK; Fatigue crack extension; NASGRO; Railway axles; SINTAP

Indexed keywords

AXLES; CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RAIL LAYING;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FLAW ASSESSMENT; RAILWAY COMPONENTS;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; RAILWAY;

EID: 4644268770     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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