Finite element analysis of freight car structures for fatigue life prediction

ASME/IEEE 2006 Joint Rail Conference, JRC2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-6

  Richmond, Shaun ^a  

^a TrinityRail   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREIGHT CARS;

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS; CAR STRUCTURES; FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION; FE MODEL; RECOMMENDED PRACTICE; STRESS VALUES; TASK FORCE;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 78049467280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/rrcon.2006.215286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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4. H. Neuber, "Theory of Stress Concentration for Shear-Strained Prismatical Bodies with Arbitrary Nonlinear Stress-Strain Law", Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of the ASME, December, 1961.