Estimation of real contact area in a wheel-rail system by means of ultrasonic waves

Tribology International

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 687-690

  Pau, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Real contact area; Ultrasonic waves; Wheel rail contact

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; LOADS (FORCES); SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

REAL CONTACT AREA (RCA);

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 0041632104     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-679X(03)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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