TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vuksic-Popovic, M.
AU  - Tanaskovic, J.
AU  - Glišić, Dragomir
AU  - Radović, Nenad
AU  - Franklin, F. J.
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4797
AB  - Two modes of failure are analysed for coupling links, the mechanical connections that transmit traction forces between vehicles along the length of a train. Coupling links are designed to withstand the dynamic loads in normal operation but may break if applied loads exceed safe operating limits. Fractography of two failed links revealed that one had failed through brittle fracture, and one through ductile fracture. Metallography indicated that one sample was hardened and tempered with typical tempered martensite microstructure and the other was normalized with a ferrite-pearlite microstructure. A numerical model of a coupling link is developed and validated against experimental data. Results indicate that the failed links experienced loads above the permitted limit.
T2  - Engineering Failure Analysis
T1  - Experimental and numerical research on the failure of railway vehicles coupling links
VL  - 127
DO  - 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105497
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Vuksic-Popovic, M. and Tanaskovic, J. and Glišić, Dragomir and Radović, Nenad and Franklin, F. J.",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Two modes of failure are analysed for coupling links, the mechanical connections that transmit traction forces between vehicles along the length of a train. Coupling links are designed to withstand the dynamic loads in normal operation but may break if applied loads exceed safe operating limits. Fractography of two failed links revealed that one had failed through brittle fracture, and one through ductile fracture. Metallography indicated that one sample was hardened and tempered with typical tempered martensite microstructure and the other was normalized with a ferrite-pearlite microstructure. A numerical model of a coupling link is developed and validated against experimental data. Results indicate that the failed links experienced loads above the permitted limit.",
journal = "Engineering Failure Analysis",
title = "Experimental and numerical research on the failure of railway vehicles coupling links",
volume = "127",
doi = "10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105497"
}

Vuksic-Popovic, M., Tanaskovic, J., Glišić, D., Radović, N.,& Franklin, F. J.. (2021). Experimental and numerical research on the failure of railway vehicles coupling links. in Engineering Failure Analysis, 127.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105497

Vuksic-Popovic M, Tanaskovic J, Glišić D, Radović N, Franklin FJ. Experimental and numerical research on the failure of railway vehicles coupling links. in Engineering Failure Analysis. 2021;127.
doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105497 .

Vuksic-Popovic, M., Tanaskovic, J., Glišić, Dragomir, Radović, Nenad, Franklin, F. J., "Experimental and numerical research on the failure of railway vehicles coupling links" in Engineering Failure Analysis, 127 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2021.105497 . .