Tribological interrelationship of seasonal fluctuations of freight car wheel wear, contact fatigue shelling and composition brakeshoe consumption

Wear

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 210-218

  Kalousek, J ^a   Magel, Eric ^a   Strasser, J ^b   Caldwell, W N ^b   Kanevsky, G ^b   Blevins, B ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANAC International Inc   (Canada)

^c CN Rail   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brakeshoe metal pick up; Contact fatigue; Interfacial layer; Tread wear; Tribo reduction; Wheel shelling

Indexed keywords

CONTACT; FATIGUE; RAILWAYS; WEAR; WHEELS;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FREIGHT CARS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); RAILROAD TRACKS; TRIBOLOGY;

BRAKESHOE METAL PICK UP; COMPOSITION BRAKESHOE CONSUMPTION; CONTACT FATIGUE SHELLING; INTERFACIAL LAYERS; TREAD WEAR; WHEEL SHELLING;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 0029656822     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1648(95)06700-0     Document Type: Article

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