From railway dynamics to wheel/rail contact mechanics, an approach for the modelling of the wheel/rail contact: Elasto-plastic response of the railhead

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

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-200

  Busquet, M ^a   Chollet, H ^b   Baillet, L ^c   Dagorn, C ^a   Ayasse, J B ^b   Berthier, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Lab des Technologies Nouvelles   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Contact; Elasto plastic deformation; Rail; Tribology; Wheel

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRACTION (FRICTION); TRIBOLOGY; VEHICLE WHEELS;

CONTACT FORCES; ELASTO PLASTIC DEFORMATION; ROLLING WHEELS; TANGENTIAL STRESSES;

RAILROADS;

EID: 34247175281     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097F00905     Document Type: Article

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