Rail corrugation growth-Influence of powered wheelsets with wheel tread irregularities

Wear

Volumn 262, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1296-1307

  Johansson, Anders ^a,b   Nielsen, Jens C O ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Epsilon HighTech AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic train track interaction; Measurements; Rail corrugation; Wear; Wheel corrugation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRACTION (FRICTION); WHEELS;

DYNAMIC TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION; RAIL CORRUGATION; WHEEL CORRUGATION;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRACTION (FRICTION); WEAR OF MATERIALS; WHEELS;

EID: 34247150323     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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