The application of contact mechanics to rail profile design and rail grinding

Wear

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 308-316

  Magel, Eric E ^a   Kalousek, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact mechanics; Profile design; Rail grinding

Indexed keywords

BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; LUBRICATION; METALLURGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSPORTATION; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WHEELS;

CONTACT MECHANICS; RAIL GRINDING;

RAILS;

CONTACT; DESIGN; GRINDING; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RAIL;

EID: 0036629751     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(02)00123-0     Document Type: Article

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