Quantification of dynamic wheel-rail contact forces at short rail irregularities and application to measured rail welds

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 312, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 606-629

  Steenbergen, Michaël J M M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WELDS;

RAIL WELDS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WHEEL RAIL INTERACTIONS;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 40649109114     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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