Numerical and experimental evaluation of extreme wheel-rail loads for improved wheelset design

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 431-444

  Alfi, S ^a   Braghin, F ^a   Bruni, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design of railway wheelsets; Line singularities; Train track interaction; Wheel rail contact forces; Wheelflat

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF RAILWAY WHEELSETS; LINE SINGULARITIES; TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT FORCES; WHEELFLAT; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; EXTREME LOADS; FATIGUE DESIGN; IMPULSIVE LOADS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RAILWAY LINE; TEST CIRCUIT; WHEEL-RAIL; WHEELFIAT; WHEELSET DESIGNS; WHEELSETS;

FLOW INTERACTIONS; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROADS; RAILS; VEHICLE WHEELS; WHEELS; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD CARS; SYSTEM THEORY;

RAILROAD CARS; RAILS;

EID: 51449113643     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110801979267     Document Type: Article

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