Review of the fatigue damage tolerance of high-speed railway axles in Japan

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 810-825

  Makino, Taizo ^a   Kato, Takanori ^a   Hirakawa, Kenji ^b  

^a NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Kyushu Polytechnic College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon steel; Fatigue design; Fretting fatigue; Induction hardening; Railway axles

Indexed keywords

CASE HISTORY; CRACK PROPAGATION BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE DESIGN; FATIGUE STRENGTH; FRETTING FATIGUES; HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS; INDUCTION HARDENING; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; RAILWAY AXLES; RAILWAY SYSTEM; SAFE DESIGNS;

AXLES; CARBON STEEL; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; DESIGN; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRETTING CORROSION; HARDENING; INDUCTION HEATING; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; RAILROADS; WHEELS;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 79952484366     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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