Use of a reduced scale model for the study of wheel/rail interaction

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

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-246

  Armstrong, T D ^a   Thompson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rolling noise; Scale model; Vibration; Wheel rail interaction

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRACKS; ROLLING; WHEELS;

RAIL SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ROLLING NOISE; SCALE MODELS; WHEEL RAIL INTERACTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34247126003     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT36     Document Type: Article

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