Failure analysis of a cableway rope

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1666-1673

  Mapelli, Carlo ^a   Barella, Silvia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cableway; Fatigue; Relative sliding; Wire rope

Indexed keywords

DECARBURATION; FAILURE MECHANISMS; FATIGUE; FRACTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; INNER LAYERS; MICRO STRUCTURES; MICRO-HARDNESS TESTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; RELATIVE SLIDING; SHAPED WIRES; STRENGTH PROPERTIES; WIRE LAYERS; WIRE SECTIONS;

CABLEWAYS; CRACKS; DEBRIS; HARDNESS TESTING; METAL ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR; STEEL; WIRE; WIRE ROPE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 64649083964     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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