Wear of pantograph collector strips

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-176

  Shing, A W C ^a,c   Wong, P P L ^b  

^a Mass Transit Railway Corporation   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c MTR Corporation Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Catenary system; Collector strip; Contact wire height; Contact wire wear; Pantograph; Wire tension

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTIVES; PANTOGRAPHS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROADS; RAILS; WELL CEMENTING; WIRE;

(U ,V) OPERATOR; AMBIENT HUMIDITY; COLLECTOR (FLOTATION); CONTACT WIRES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL DATA; WEAR AND TEAR;

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION;

EID: 46749108862     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT156     Document Type: Article

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