Rolling contact fatigue on the British railway system: Treatment

Wear

Volumn 258, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1310-1318

  Grassie, Stuart L ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Rail grinding; Rail maintenance; Railways; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

DERAILMENTS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRINDING (MACHINING); LUBRICATION; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

BRITISH RAILWAY SYSTEM; RAIL GRINDING; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE;

RAILS;

ROLLING CONTACT;

EID: 13844270740     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.03.065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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