A simplified model of wheel/rail contact mechanics for non-Hertzian problems and its application in rail vehicle dynamic simulations

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 27-48

  Piotrowski, J ^a   Kik, W ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Ingenieur Büro Kik Arge Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact problems; Dynamics; Rail; Simulation; Wear; Wheel

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; ROLLING;

CONTACT PROBLEMS; CREEP FORCES; MULTIBODY SYSTEMS; RAIL CONTACT MECHANICS; VEHICLE DYNAMICS;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 38949097590     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110701586444     Document Type: Article

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