Stress intensity factor solutions for cracks in railway axles

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 764-792

  Madia, M ^a   Beretta, S ^a   Schodel M ^b   Zerbst, U ^c   Luke, M ^d   Varfolomeev, I ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Institute for Materials Research   (Germany)

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

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

Author keywords

Railway axles; Stress intensity factor

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FORM; DAMAGE TOLERANCE ANALYSIS; HOLLOW AXLE; RAILWAY AXLES; V-NOTCHES;

AXLES; CRACKS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; RAILROADS; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

WHEELS;

EID: 79952486185     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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