Temperatures at railway tread braking. Part 2: Calibration and numerical examples

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

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-442

  Vernersson, T ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Epsilon HighTech AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brake blocks; Calibration; Experiments; Finite element analysis; Frictional heating; Heat partitioning; Railway wheel; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

BRAKE BLOCKS; FRICTIONAL HEATING; HEAT PARTITIONING; RAILWAY WHEEL; WHEEL-BLOCK HEAT PARTITIONING;

BRAKING;

EID: 34547552952     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT90     Document Type: Article

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