Traction and curving behaviour of a railway bogie

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 883-891

  Grassie, Stuart L ^a   Elkins, John A ^b  

^a Stuart Grassie Engineering Ltd   (Germany)

^b RVD Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrugation; Railway bogies; Railways; Rolling contact fatigue; Vehicle track interaction

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATION; RAILWAY BOGIES; RAILWAYS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; VEHICLE/TRACK INTERACTION;

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; CREEP; ENGINES; RAILROADS; RAILS; STEEL METALLURGY; STIFFNESS; TRACTION (FRICTION); VEHICLE WHEELS; WHEELS;

BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK);

EID: 46749090399     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110600907451     Document Type: Article

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