Simulations of roughness growth on rails - Results from a 2D non-Hertzian, non-steady contact model

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 117-128

  Xie, G ^a   Iwnicki, S D ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrugation; Non Hertzian contact; Non steady rolling contact; Rail roughness; Vehicle track interaction; Wheel rail contact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

NON-STEADY CONTACT MODEL; PATCH SIZE; TANGENTIAL STRESSES; TIME-DOMAIN VEHICLE;

RAILS;

EID: 38949209627     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110701821767     Document Type: Article

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