TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Schödel, M. A1 - Beier, H.T. T1 - Parameters affecting the damage tolerance behaviour of railway axles N2 - The paper provides a discussion on damage tolerance options applied to railway axles and factors influencing the residual lifetime as well as the required inspection interval. These comprise material properties such as the scatter of the da/dN–ΔK curve, the fatigue crack propagation threshold ΔKth and the toughness of the material. Parameters affecting axle loading such as the press fit, rotating bending, load history and mixed crack opening modes are discussed. Finally the influence of the initial crack geometry on residual lifetime is simulated. KW - Railway axles KW - Damage tolerance KW - Fatigue crack propagation PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.03.013 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 VL - 78 IS - 5 SP - 793 EP - 809 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Kidlington AN - OPUS4-22491 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -