The formation of hollow-worn wheels and their effect on wheel/rail interaction

Wear

Volumn 258, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1179-1186

  Sawley, Kevin ^a   Wu, Huimin ^a  

^a TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hollow worn wheels; North america; Wheel rail interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RAILROAD TRACKS; ROLLING RESISTANCE; VEHICLE WHEELS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ANGLE OF ATTACK; HOLLOW-WORN WHEELS; LATERAL FORCE; WHEEL/RAIL INTERACTIONS;

RAILS;

RAILWAY;

EID: 13844262860     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.03.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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