An effect of strength of railway axle steels on fatigue resistance under press fit

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 731-741

  Linhart, V ^a   Cerny I ^a  

^a SVUM as   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fatigue crack growth; Fretting fatigue; High cycle fatigue; Press fit; Railway axle steels; Rotating bending

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; FRETTING FATIGUE; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUE; PRESS FIT; RAILWAY AXLE STEELS; ROTATING BENDING;

AXLES; CRACK DETECTION; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE TESTING; FRETTING CORROSION; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); RAILROADS; ROTATION; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; WHEELS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 79952489090     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.11.023     Document Type: Article

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