Tractive effort, curving and surface damage of rails: Part 1. Forces exerted on the rails

Wear

Volumn 258, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1235-1244

  Grassie, Stuart L ^a   Elkins, John A ^b  

^a RVD Consulting Inc ^*  (Germany)

^b RVD Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Rail corrugation; Rails; Railway bogies; Railways; Rolling contact fatigue

Indexed keywords

BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK); LOADS (FORCES); RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; STEERING; STIFFNESS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TRACTION (FRICTION); VEHICLE WHEELS;

CURVING; INTER-AXLE YAW; SURFACE DAMAGE; TANGENTIAL LOADS;

RAILS;

RAILWAY;

EID: 13844294177     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.03.064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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