Rail vehicle wheel wear prediction: A comparison between analytical and experimental approaches

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-549

  Asadi, Ali ^a   Brown, Mike ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

The Archard equation; The energy dissipation effect; Wheel wear

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK); FLANGES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; RAIL MOTOR CARS; RAILS; TESTING; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

(1 1 1) ORIENTATION; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; ARCHARD EQUATION; CONTACT SURFACES; CURVED TRACKS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FIELD TESTING; FRICTIONAL FORCES; NORMAL LOADS; PRACTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRACTICAL TECHNIQUES; RADIAL FORCES; RIGID FRAMES; SLIDING CONTACTS; SLIDING DISTANCES; SURFACE HARDNESS (SHORE A); TANGENTIAL FORCES; WEAR COEFFICIENTS; WEAR MODELING; WHEEL WEAR;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 46149110813     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110701589430     Document Type: Article

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