Parameters affecting the damage tolerance behaviour of railway axles

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 793-809

  Zerbst, U ^a   Schodel M ^b   Beier, H Th ^c  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage tolerance; Fatigue crack propagation; Railway axles

Indexed keywords

AXLE LOADING; CRACK GEOMETRIES; CRACK OPENING MODES; INSPECTION INTERVALS; LOAD HISTORY; MATERIAL PROPERTY; RAILWAY AXLES; RESIDUAL LIFETIME; ROTATING BENDING;

AXLES; CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; RAILROADS; WHEELS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE;

EID: 79952485075     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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