On the assessment of fatigue life of marine diesel engine crankshafts

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-57

  Fonte, M ^a   Duarte, P ^a   Anes, V ^b   Freitas, M ^b   Reis, L ^b  

^a Escola Nautica Infante D Henrique   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crankshafts failure; Fatigue life; Fatigue strength assessment; Marine diesel engine

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MAINTENANCE; MARINE ENGINEERING; MARINE ENGINES;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ALTERNATING BENDING; CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES; COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT; CRANKSHAFT FAILURE; FATIGUE STRENGTH ASSESSMENT; MARINE DIESEL ENGINES; OPERATIONAL SAFETY;

CRANKSHAFTS;

EID: 84941994586     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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