An investigation into rail corrugation due to micro-slip under multiple wheel/rail interactions

Wear

Volumn 258, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1115-1125

  Wu, T X ^a   Thompson, D J ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact mechanics; Dynamics; Rail; Short pitch corrugation; Wear

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRACTION; RAILROAD TRACKS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONTACT FORCE; CORRUGATION GROWTH RATE; ROLLING CONTACTS; SOFTER PADS;

WHEELS;

ROLLING CONTACT;

EID: 13844253449     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.03.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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