Makoto AKAMA

The current status of theory and practice on rail integrity in Japanese railways—rolling contact fatigue and corrugations

Masayoshi Ishida, Makoto AKAMA, Kenji Kashiwaya et al. · Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures · 2003 · 42 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Transportation +14

Bayesian analysis for the results of fatigue test using full-scale models to obtain the accurate failure probabilities of the Shinkansen vehicle axle

Makoto AKAMA · Reliability Engineering & System Safety · 2002 · 35 citations

Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computational Engineering +17

Boundary element analysis of surface initiated rolling contact fatigue cracks in wheel/rail contact systems

Makoto AKAMA, Tadao MORI · Wear · 2002 · 34 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +16

Fatigue Crack Initiation Life Prediction of Rails Using Theory of Critical Distance and Critical Plane Approach

Makoto AKAMA, Hiroyuki Matsuda, Hisayo Doi et al. · Journal of Computational Science and Technology · 2012 · 23 citations · Full text

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

Numerical simulation model for the competition between short crack propagation and wear in the wheel tread

Makoto AKAMA, Takafumi Kimata · Wear · 2020 · 20 citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +16