Differential wear and plastic deformation as causes of squat at track local stiffness change combined with other track short defects

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Li, Zili ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Dollevoet, Rolf ^b   Molodova, Marija ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Infra Management Railsystems   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential plastic deformation; Differential wear; Rolling contact; Squat; Vehicle track interaction

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; LOCATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS; THEOREM PROVING; DEFECTS; STIFFNESS; SYSTEM THEORY; VEHICLES;

DIFFERENTIAL PLASTIC DEFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL WEAR; ROLLING CONTACT; SQUAT; VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION;

STIFFNESS; PLASTICS;

DIFFERENTIAL PLASTIC DEFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL WEAR; ROLLING CONTACT; SQUAT; VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION;

EID: 51449099013     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110801935855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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