Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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768885 | Engineering Failure Analysis | 2011 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Railway structures such as rails and axles are safety relevant components since any failure includes the risk of catastrophic derailment. This paper gives a brief overview on the most important potential failure scenarios driven by fatigue crack initiation and propagation and discusses the effects of important influencing factors such as vehicle weight and speed, track quality and environmental conditions. The present paper summarizes earlier work of the authors in this field.
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Authors
Uwe Zerbst, Stefano Beretta,