Safe life and damage tolerance aspects of railway axles - A review

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 214-271

  Zerbst, U ^a   Beretta, S ^b   Kohler G ^c   Lawton, A ^d   Vormwald, M ^e   Beier, H Th ^e   Klinger, C ^a   Cerny I ^f   Rudlin, J ^g   Heckel, T ^a   Klingbeil, D ^a  

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

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Beide Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH   (Germany)

^d Penn Lane Melbourne   (United Kingdom)

^e DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f SVUM as   (Czech Republic)

^g TWI LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damage tolerance; Fatigue crack propagation; Fatigue strength; Inspection intervals; Railway axle; Safe life design

Indexed keywords

AXLES; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE METHODS; FATIGUE CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE STRENGTH; INSPECTION INTERVALS; NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION; RAILWAY AXLES; SAFE LIFE; STEEL MANUFACTURING PROCESS;

DAMAGE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84876970209     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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