Wear mechanisms and transitions in railway wheel steels

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 467-478

  Lewis, R ^a   Dwyer Joyce, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Railway wheel steel; Wear mechanisms; Wear transitions; Wheel rail wear

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CALCULATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; STEEL; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

MATERIAL PROPERTIES; RAILWAY WHEEL STEELS; WEAR MECHANISMS;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

RAILWAY; SAFETY; WEAR; WHEEL;

EID: 12944288024     PISSN: 13506501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1350650042794815     Document Type: Article

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