A parametric study of the lubrication transport mechanism at the rail-wheel interface

Wear

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 113-120

  Thelen, Gerhard A ^a   Lovette, P Michael ^a  

^a Electrical Engineering and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel Savings; Lubrication; Rail; Transport Mechanism; Wear; Wheel

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; LUBRICANTS; LUBRICATION; RAILROAD TRACKS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

FRICTION COEFFICIENT; LUBRICATION TRANSPORT MECHANISMS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

LUBRICANTS-GREASES; LUBRICATION; WHEEL/RAIL INTERFACE; WHEELS;

EID: 0029656799     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(95)06701-9     Document Type: Article

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