Failure analysis of the fasten system of wheels used in mining pickup trucks

Regardless of their specific applications, all the vehicles used in mining operations are subjected to severe working conditions that reduce in a considerable amount, their active in-service life. In this work, the causes that promote failure of the fasten system and subsequent ejection of the whee...

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Main Authors: Artigas, Alfredo, Monsalve G., Alberto, Colás Ortíz, Rafael, Garza Montes de Oca, Nelson Federico
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Language:English
Published: 2017
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Monsalve G., Alberto
Colás Ortíz, Rafael
Garza Montes de Oca, Nelson Federico
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description Regardless of their specific applications, all the vehicles used in mining operations are subjected to severe working conditions that reduce in a considerable amount, their active in-service life. In this work, the causes that promote failure of the fasten system and subsequent ejection of the wheels of passenger pickup trucks used in open-pit mines are analysed. By means of scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy analyses and hardness tests, it was found that failure of the fasten system is characterised by a series of synergetic steps that include, the plastic deformation of the lug nuts caused by deficient tightening practices, fatigue and plastic deformation of the bolts. When combined, these phenomena leaded to the formation of cracks that propagated in the radial direction of these elements. The reasons that promote the development of this kind of failure are presented and discussed in this investigation. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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spelling eprints-145422022-04-13T19:44:39Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/14542/ Failure analysis of the fasten system of wheels used in mining pickup trucks Artigas, Alfredo Monsalve G., Alberto Colás Ortíz, Rafael Garza Montes de Oca, Nelson Federico Regardless of their specific applications, all the vehicles used in mining operations are subjected to severe working conditions that reduce in a considerable amount, their active in-service life. In this work, the causes that promote failure of the fasten system and subsequent ejection of the wheels of passenger pickup trucks used in open-pit mines are analysed. By means of scanning electron microscopy, optical microscopy analyses and hardness tests, it was found that failure of the fasten system is characterised by a series of synergetic steps that include, the plastic deformation of the lug nuts caused by deficient tightening practices, fatigue and plastic deformation of the bolts. When combined, these phenomena leaded to the formation of cracks that propagated in the radial direction of these elements. The reasons that promote the development of this kind of failure are presented and discussed in this investigation. © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/14542/1/60.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/14542/1.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/60.pdf Artigas, Alfredo y Monsalve G., Alberto y Colás Ortíz, Rafael y Garza Montes de Oca, Nelson Federico (2017) Failure analysis of the fasten system of wheels used in mining pickup trucks. Case studies in engineering failure analysis, 8. pp. 28-35. ISSN 2213-2902 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.csefa.2017.02.001 doi:10.1016/j.csefa.2017.02.001
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