Investigations on fatigue crack growth under variable amplitude loading in wheelset axles

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 754-763

  Sander, M ^a   Richard, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Damage tolerance; Fatigue crack growth; Inspection interval; Non destructive testing; Remaining lifetime; Service loading

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; INSPECTION INTERVAL; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; REMAINING LIFETIME; SERVICE LOADING;

ASPECT RATIO; AXLES; DAMAGE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE TESTING; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; LOADING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; WHEELS;

CRACKS;

EID: 79952486067     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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