Publication detail
The effect of threshold value on the residual fatigue lifetime of railway axles
POKORNÝ, P. NÁHLÍK, L. HUTAŘ, P.
Czech title
Vliv prahové hodnoty na zbytkovou únavovou životnost železničních náprav
English title
The effect of threshold value on the residual fatigue lifetime of railway axles
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Original abstract
The fatigue failure of railway axles could have unaccepted consequences. Because of safe operation, it is important to determine the residual fatigue lifetime. The railway axle could contain some cracks either from manufacturing process or from previous service operation. Present defectoscopy can reliably detect only relatively long cracks (longer than 2 mm), see [1]. In other words, there is a risk that the existing crack is not detected by defectoscopy. For conservative establishment of the residual fatigue lifetime the crack, which could be not detected by defectoscopy, must be considered. This paper deals with an effect of the threshold value of fatigue crack propagation on the residual fatigue lifetime of railway axles. Two very commonly used materials for railway axles EA1N and EA4T steels are considered. The results of this paper could be used for safer operation of railway axles.
Czech abstract
Únavové selhání železniční nápravy za provozu může vést k neakceptovatelným následkům. Pro bezpečné provozování železniční nápravy je nutné znát její životnost a vyřadit ji z provozu dříve, než dojde k jejímu selhání. Z důvodu nezaručené detekce možných trhlin, je zbytková únavová životnost počítána s defektem typu trhlina. Tento článek ukazuje vliv prahové hodnoty na zbytkovou únavovou životnost železniční náprav, které jsou vyrobeny z konvenčních materiálů pro výrobu železničních náprav.
English abstract
The fatigue failure of railway axles could have unaccepted consequences. Because of safe operation, it is important to determine the residual fatigue lifetime. The railway axle could contain some cracks either from manufacturing process or from previous service operation. Present defectoscopy can reliably detect only relatively long cracks (longer than 2 mm), see [1]. In other words, there is a risk that the existing crack is not detected by defectoscopy. For conservative establishment of the residual fatigue lifetime the crack, which could be not detected by defectoscopy, must be considered. This paper deals with an effect of the threshold value of fatigue crack propagation on the residual fatigue lifetime of railway axles. Two very commonly used materials for railway axles EA1N and EA4T steels are considered. The results of this paper could be used for safer operation of railway axles.
Keywords in Czech
železniční náprava, prahová hodnota, únavová trhlina, zbytková únavová životnost
Keywords in English
railway axle, threshold value, fatigue crack, residual fatigue lifetime
RIV year
2014
Released
12.05.2014
ISBN
978-80-214-4871-1
Book
ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2014
Pages from–to
496–499
Pages count
4
BIBTEX
@inproceedings{BUT108302,
author="Pavel {Pokorný} and Luboš {Náhlík} and Pavel {Hutař},
title="The effect of threshold value on the residual fatigue lifetime of railway axles",
booktitle="ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2014",
year="2014",
month="May",
pages="496--499",
isbn="978-80-214-4871-1"
}