Out-of-round railway wheels - Wheel-rail contact forces and track response derived from field tests and numerical simulations

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

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-145

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

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Epsilon HighTech AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic train track interaction; Impact load detector; Out of roundness; Polygonal wheel; Railway wheel; Wheel removal criterion; Wheelflat

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; RAILROAD TRACKS; STRAIN GAGES; VEHICLE WHEELS;

RAIL CONTACT FORCES;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0038043543     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440903765762878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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