Railway train-track dynamics for wheelflats with improved contact models

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 385-397

  Baeza, L ^a   Roda, A ^a   Carballeira, J ^a   Giner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hertzian contact model; Train track dynamics; Wheelflat

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TRACKS;

GEOMETRIC IRREGULARITY; HERTZIAN CONTACT MODEL; TRAIN TRACK DYNAMICS; WHEELFLAT;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 33746253387     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-005-9014-8     Document Type: Article

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