Research of rail traction shafts and axles fractures towards impact of service conditions and fatigue damage accumulation

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1560-1571

  Ognjanovic, M ^a   Simonovic, A ^a   Ristivojevic, M ^a   Lazovic, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Railway axle; Reliability; Traction shafts; Vibrations

Indexed keywords

AXLE FRACTURE; FAILURE PREVENTION; FAILURE PROBABILITY; FATIGUE DAMAGE ACCUMULATION; FE METHOD; FRACTURE PROCESS; LOCOMOTIVE TRACTION; LONG SERVICE LIFE; RAIL TRACKS; RAIL TRACTION; RAILWAY AXLE; RAILWAY AXLES; RAILWAY VEHICLES; SERVICE CONDITIONS; STATISTICAL ESTIMATION; STICK-SLIP PROCESS; STRESS PROBABILITY; STRESS SPECTRUM; TORSION VIBRATION;

AXLES; DURABILITY; FATIGUE DAMAGE; LOCOMOTIVES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SLIP FORMING; TRACTION (FRICTION); WHEELS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77955430975     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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