The fracture of a wagon coupling from a passenger train via ScienceDirect.com – Engineering Failure Analysis – The analysis of a damaged component from the connection system of the wagons.

This paper presents an unusual situation for analysis of a damaged component of draw hook system and where has been lost the basic information about the causes of failure. Due to the lack of information, the analysis has a high degree of assumptions, being based on failure scenarios. The broken component is a link plate made of forged steel.