Effects of wheel-rail contact geometry on wheel set steering forces

Wear

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 204-209

  Mace, Stephen E ^a   Pena, Reuben ^a   Wilson, Nicholas G ^a   DiBrito, Dominic ^b  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS   (United States)

^b ARC Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Gage widening; Hollow worn wheels; Rail grinding; Truck shear; Wheel and rail profiles; Wheel set steering

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATION; RAILS; WHEEL/RAIL CONTACT; WHEELS;

DERAILMENTS; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GRINDING (MACHINING); LUBRICATION; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STEERING; VEHICLE WHEELS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

GAGE WIDENING; TRUCK SHEAR; WHEEL RAIL CONTACT GEOMETRY; WHEEL SET STEERING FORCES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 0029656803     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(95)06688-8     Document Type: Article

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