This case study describes the failure analysis of a fractured steering shaft from a heavy road vehicle which had been involved in a collision. The investigation was carried out in order to establish whether the failure was the cause or a consequence of the accident.
Analysis of a vehicle wheel shaft failure
โ Scribed by J. Vogwell
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 660 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1350-6307
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