A study of the phenomenon of wheel climb derailment: Results of basic experiments using model bogies

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

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 237-248

  Nagase, K ^a   Wakabayashi, Y ^a,b   Sakahara, H ^a  

^a KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Adhesion coefficient; Derailment; Derailment coefficient; Rail; Railway; Wheel

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK); FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SENSORS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; VEHICLE WHEELS;

ADHESION COEFFICIENT; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; LASER DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; RAILWAY; WHEEL CLIMB DERAILMENT;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 0036923989     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440902321029190     Document Type: Article

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