TY - JOUR A1 - Madia, Mauro A1 - Beretta, S. A1 - Schödel, M. A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Luke, M. A1 - Varfolomeyev, I. T1 - Stress intensity factor solutions for cracks in railway axles N2 - The aim of this paper is a collection of stress intensity factor solutions for cracks in railway axle geometries which the authors of the present special issue developed and/or used for damage tolerance analyses. These solutions comprise closed form analytical as well as tabled geometry functions and they refer to solid as well as hollow axles and various crack sites such as the T- and V-notch and the axle body. KW - Railway axles KW - Stress intensity factor PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.03.019 SN - 0013-7944 SN - 1873-7315 VL - 78 IS - 5 SP - 764 EP - 792 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Kidlington AN - OPUS4-22495 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Beretta, S. T1 - Failure and damage tolerance aspects of railway components N2 - 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. KW - Railway rails KW - Railway axles KW - Fatigue crack propagation KW - Damage tolerance KW - Fracture mechanics PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2010.06.001 SN - 1350-6307 SN - 1873-1961 VL - 18 IS - 2 SP - 534 EP - 542 PB - Elsevier Science Publ. CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-22639 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -