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Modelling shattered rim cracking in railroad wheels

Last updated on 22 August 2014 3:06

Shattered rim cracking, propagation of a subsurface crack parallel to the tread surface, is one of the dominant railroad wheel failure types observed in North America. This crack initiation and propagation life depends on several factors, such as wheel rim thickness, wheel load, residual stresses in the rim, and the...

Author(s): Sura V;Mahadevan S

Organisation(s): Department of Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA ;

2011

United States

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