Fatigue life prediction based on the rainflow cycle counting method for the end beam of a freight car bogie

International Journal of Automotive Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Baek, S H ^a   Cho, S S ^b   Joo, W S ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Censored strain data; Cumulative damage; Fatigue life prediction; Miner's rule; P s n curve; Rainflow cycle counting

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DAMAGE; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; MINER'S RULE; P-S-N CURVES; RAINFLOW CYCLE COUNTING; STRAIN DATA;

CRACKS; DYNAMIC LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOSSES; MINERS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 49249134362     PISSN: 12299138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12239-008-0012-y     Document Type: Article

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