Fatigue limit of induction hardened railway axles

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1255-1264

  Fajkos R ^a,b   Zima, R ^a   Strnadel, B ^b  

^a Bonatrans Group   (Czech Republic)

^b VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

carbon steel; fatigue crack propagation; fatigue design; fatigue limit; induction hardening; railway axles

Indexed keywords

AXLES; CARBON STEEL; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; HARDENING; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; INDUCTION HEATING; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); RAILROADS; STEEL RESEARCH; TENSILE TESTING; WHEELS;

FATIGUE DESIGN; FATIGUE LIMIT; INDUCTION HARDENING; RAILWAY AXLES; STANDARD HEAT TREATMENTS; STEEL SPECIMENS; SURFACE INDUCTION HARDENING; TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84940894854     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: 14602695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ffe.12337     Document Type: Article

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