@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9996992,
	  title     = {Numerical Analysis of Fractured Process in Locomotive Steel Wheels},
	  author    = {J. Alizadeh K. and  R. S. Ashofteh and  A. Asadi Lari},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {Railway vehicle wheels are designed to operate in harsh environments and to withstand high hydrostatic contact pressures. This situation may result in critical circumstances, in particular wheel breakage. This paper presents a time history of a series of broken wheels during a time interval [2007-2008] belongs to locomotive fleet on Iranian Railways. Such fractures in locomotive wheels never reported before. Due to the importance of this issue, a research study has been launched to find the potential reasons of this problem. The authors introduce a FEM model to indicate how and where the wheels could have been affected during their operation. Then, the modeling results are presented and discussed in detail.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering},
	  volume    = {7},
	  number    = {3},
	  year      = {2013},
	  pages     = {479 - 483},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9996992},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/75},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 75, 2013},
	}