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6/34<br />

• Train derailed, 1998 Eschede, Germany<br />

– Failure: crack in a wheel<br />

– Wheel vibration (original design)<br />

– Redesign based on streetcar wheel<br />

– Dynamic, repetitive forces not considered<br />

– Design lacked an adequate margin of safety<br />

© 2011 <strong>ANSYS</strong>, Inc. 9/29/2011<br />

ICE TRAIN DERAILED<br />

Inexpensive, part, major damage

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