Traction, forces, wheel climb and damage in high-speed railway operations

Wear

Volumn 265, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1446-1451

  Magel, Eric ^a   Tajaddini, Ali ^b   Trosino, Michael ^c   Kalousek, Joe ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c Amtrak ^*

Author keywords

Adhesion; Friction; High speed rail; Instrumented wheelset; Traction coefficient; Wheel climb

Indexed keywords

PAPER PRODUCTS; RAIL MOTOR CARS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; TRACTION (FRICTION); WHEELS;

CAR WHEELS; HIGH SPEED RAILWAY (HSR); HIGH SPEED TRAIN (HST); TRACTION COEFFICIENTS; WHEELSETS;

SPEED;

ADHESION; FRICTION; PAPER PRODUCTS; TRACTION; WHEELS;

EID: 48049105071     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2008.01.036     Document Type: Article

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