Modelling of wheels and rail discontinuities in dynamic wheel-rail contact analysis

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 763-787

  Steenbergen, Michaël ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dipped joint; Impact load; Rail joint; Wheel model; Wheel rail contact

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; POINT CONTACTS; WHEELS;

DIPPED JOINT; IMPACT LOAD; RAIL JOINT; WHEEL MODEL; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT;

RAILS;

EID: 33745642153     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110600648535     Document Type: Article

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