Design review of a freight railway axle: Fatigue damage versus damage tolerance

Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1099-1104

  Beretta, S ^a   Carboni, M ^a   Cervello, S ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Lucchini RS ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

crack propagation; fatigue damage; one million miles axle; Railway axles

Indexed keywords

DESIGN REVIEW; FATIGUE DESIGN; FATIGUE PROPERTIES; FREIGHT RAILWAYS; FREIGHT TRAINS; INFINITE LIFE; INSPECTION PLANS; LONG LASTING; NEW DESIGN; RAILWAY AXLES; SAFETY LEVEL; SERVICE LOADS; STRESS LEVELS; SURFACE DETERIORATION;

AXLES; CRACK PROPAGATION; DESIGN; FATIGUE DAMAGE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; SAFETY FACTOR;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84455191013     PISSN: 09335137     EISSN: 15214052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201100916     Document Type: Article

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