Modelling and analysis of rail maintenance cost

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 475-482

  Reddy, Venkatarami ^a   Chattopadhyay, Gopinath ^a   Larsson Kråik, Per Olof ^b   Hargreaves, Doug J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Rolling contact fatigue (RCF); Wear

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

RAIL GRINDING; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF); SURFACE CRACKS; WEAR LOSS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 37849186294     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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