Angle of attack and distance-based criteria for flange climb derailment

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL., 2000, Pages 293-305

  Elkins, John ^a   Wu, Huimin ^b  

^a RVD Consulting Inc   (United States)

^b TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLANGES; VEHICLE WHEELS;

FLANGE CLIMB DERAILMENTS;

DERAILMENTS;

EID: 0033733902     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.1999.12063089     Document Type: Article

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