Thermally induced roughness of tread-braked railway wheels. Part 1: Brake rig experiments

Wear

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 96-105

  Vernersson, T ^a  

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Author keywords

Block material; Corrugation; Railway; Roughness; Tread brakes; Tread temperature; Waviness of wheel

Indexed keywords

RAILS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION; VEHICLE WHEELS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

TREAD-BRAKED RAILWAY WHEELS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BRAKING SYSTEM; RAILWAY; ROUGHNESS; WHEEL;

EID: 0033368178     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(99)00260-4     Document Type: Article

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