Experimental and numerical analysis of sub-surface cracks in railway wheels

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-269

  Guagliano, Mario ^a   Vergani, L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internal cracks; Photoelasticity; Railway wheel; Shelling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; EPOXY RESINS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTOELASTICITY; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HERTZIAN LOADS; RAILWAY WHEELS; SHELLING; STRESS-FREEZING TECHNIQUES;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; RAILWAY;

EID: 4644303694     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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