Numerical prediction of rail roughness growth on tangent railway tracks

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 537-548

  Nielsen, J C O ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

RAIL CORRUGATION;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 0141929571     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-460X(03)00713-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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