An investigation about the influence of deep rolling on fatigue crack growth in railway axles made of a medium strength steel

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 587-601

  Regazzi, D ^a   Beretta, S ^a   Carboni, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Deep rolling; EA4T; Railway axles; Residual stresses

Indexed keywords

RESIDUAL STRESSES;

DEEP ROLLING; EA4T; MEDIUM STRENGTHS; RAILWAY AXLES;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 84910091428     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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