Effect of specimen geometry on fatigue crack growth rates for the railway axle material EA4T

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 742-753

  Varfolomeev, I ^a   Luke, M ^a   Burdack, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Crack tip constraint; EA4T steel; Fatigue crack growth; Railway axles; Surface cracks

Indexed keywords

CRACK TIP CONSTRAINT; EA4T STEEL; FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH; RAILWAY AXLES; SURFACE CRACKS;

AXLES; BENDING TESTS; CRACK TIPS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACES; WHEELS;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 79952490709     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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