The role and effects of the third body in the wheel-rail interaction

Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-436

  Berthier, Y ^a   Descartes, S ^a   Busquet, M ^a   Niccolini, E ^b   Desrayaud, C ^c   Baillet, L ^a   Baietto Dubourg, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Laboratoire Essais Mesures   (France)

^c CENTRE SMS   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Friction; Interfacial layer; Modelling; Third body; Wear; Wheel rail contact

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPOSITION; CRACKS; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; RAILS; WHEELS;

DAMAGE MECHANISMS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; SHEARING BEHAVIOUR; SOLID INTERFACIAL LAYER; THICKNESS; THIRD BODY; WHEEL RAIL INTERACTION;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 1942436809     PISSN: 8756758X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2004.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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