A method to predict the heat generation in a rubber spring used in the railway industry

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

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-244

  Luo, R K ^a   Wu, W X ^a   Mortel, W J ^a  

^a Trelleborg Industrial AVS ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Heat generation; Rubber parameters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

HEAT GENERATION; RUBBER PARAMETERS;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 28744450043     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: 09544097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440905X8862     Document Type: Article

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