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Safe operation with cracks in axles (TM-STM-008)

Last updated on 17 July 2013 9:47

Current inspection procedures for railway vehicle axles are based on a combination of experience and expediency and have been justified in the past by reference to the low failure rate in service. However axle failures in service are potentially disastrous, and the occurrence in recent years of a number of...

Author(s): Allen R.J.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1976

United Kingdom

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