Effects of insulated rail joint on the wheel/rail contact stresses under the condition of partial slip

Wear

Volumn 260, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1267-1273

  Chen, Yung Chuan ^a   Chen, Li Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Insulated rail joint; Partial slip; Rolling contact; Wheel rail contact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; TRACTION (FRICTION);

INSULATED RAIL JOINTS; PARTIAL SLIP; ROLLING CONTACT; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT;

RAILS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RAILS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESSES; TRACTION (FRICTION);

EID: 33747287665     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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