| Citation: | HU Fei-fei, QIN Tian-yu, AO Ni, XU Ping-guang, SU Yu-hua, PARKER Joseph Don, SHINOHARA Takenao, SHOBU Takahisa, KANG Guo-zheng, REN Ming-ming, MA Yi-zhong, KANG Feng, WU Sheng-chuan. Residual stress measurement and lifetime evaluation of railway axles by neutron scattering technology[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2025, 25(2): 75-93. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.02.005 |
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