Fatigue crack growth in railway axles: Assessment concept and validation tests

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 714-730

  Luke, M ^a   Varfolomeev, I ^a   Lutkepohl K ^b,c   Esderts, A ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Fracture mechanics; Inspection intervals; Railway axles; Variable amplitude loading

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH CURVES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FULLY REVERSED; INSPECTION INTERVALS; LOAD CYCLE; PRESS FITTING; RAILWAY AXLES; RELEVANT COMPONENTS; STRESS RATIO; TEST RESULTS; VALIDATION TEST; VARIABLE AMPLITUDE LOADING;

AXLES; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INSPECTION; LOADING; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); RAILROADS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WHEELS;

CRACKS;

EID: 79952484846     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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