The wheel-rail interface - Some recent accidents

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 901-907

  Smith, R A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Rails; Railways; Rolling contact fatigue; Wheels

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAINTENANCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILS; TECHNOLOGY; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY; ROLLING CONTACT; WHEEL-RAIL INTERFACE;

RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES;

EID: 0242305835     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-2695.2003.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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