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Mode I and Mode II Cyclic Crack Resistance of Wheel Steel

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The characteristics of the mode I and mode II cyclic crack resistance of model wheel steel are compared. The effect of heat treatment of test steel on its microstructure parameters, as well as strength and cyclic crack resistance characteristics, is studied.

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Translated from Problemy Prochnosti, No. 2, pp. 56 – 63, March – April, 2017.

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Kulyk, V.V., Lenkovs’kyi, T.M. & Ostash, O.P. Mode I and Mode II Cyclic Crack Resistance of Wheel Steel. Strength Mater 49, 256–262 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11223-017-9865-5

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