The effects of track non-linearity on wheel/rail impact

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Wu, T X ^a   Thompson, D J ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Impact; Non linear; Railway track

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RAILROAD TRACKS; STIFFNESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WHEELS;

NON-LINEAR; PAD STIFFNESS;

RAILS;

EID: 1842561434     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440904322804394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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