We study the process of wear of the fifth wheel of an articulated road train in order to determine its residual life. For this unit, we obtain the energy criterion of wear with an aim to determine the parameters affecting its service life.
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Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 61–65, September–October, 2017.
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Ogorodnikov, V.A., Grechanyuk, N.S. & Gubanov, A.V. Energy Criterion of the Reliability of Structural Elements in Vehicles. Mater Sci 53, 645–650 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11003-018-0119-x
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