Experimental investigation on competition between wear and RCF in a rail steel

11th International Conference on Fracture 2005, ICF11

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 5590-5595

  Donzella, G ^a   Faccoli, M ^a   Mazzu A ^a   Roberti, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PURE ROLLING; RAIL STEEL;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84869777931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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