Wheel/rail interface management in heavy haul railway operations - Applying science and technology

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 649-677

  Frohling R D ^a  

^a Spoornet Engineering and Technology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contact mechanics; Rolling contact fatigue; Stress state; Vehicle dynamics; Wheel rail interface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST REDUCTION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; SERVICE LIFE; STRESS MEASUREMENT; VEHICLE WHEELS;

CONTACT MECHANICS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; VEHICLE DYNAMICS;

RAILROADS;

EID: 34347256157     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110701413797     Document Type: Review

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