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Shear failure of a road-vehicle steering shaft

✍ Scribed by J.H. Cleland; D.R.H. Jones

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 321 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 1350-6307
DOI: 10.1016/s1350-6307(96)00027-1

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✦ Synopsis

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.

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