Out-of-round railway wheels-a literature survey

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-91

  Nielsen, J C O ^a   Johansson, A ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Frontec Research and Technology AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Polygonalization; Railway wheel out of roundness; Removal criteria; Wheel rail impact load detectors

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TRACKS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

OUT-OF-ROUND RAILWAY WHEELS; POLYGONALIZATION;

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

EID: 0033715987     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409001531351     Document Type: Article

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