Optimising the wheel/rail interface on a modern urban rail system

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Evans, J R ^a   Lee, T K Y ^b   Hon, C C ^b  

^a DeltaRail   (United Kingdom)

^b Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Rolling contact fatigue; Simulation; Wheel rail interaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FATIGUE DAMAGE; PAPER PRODUCTS; VEHICLE WHEELS; ALGORITHMS; FRICTION; STEEL METALLURGY; SYSTEM THEORY;

ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; SIMULATION; WHEEL/RAIL; WHEEL/RAIL INTERACTION;

WHEELS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

CONICITY; HONG-KONG; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; RAIL ROUTES; RAIL SYSTEMS; RAPID GROWTH; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; RUNNING STABILITY; SIMULATION; WHEEL PROFILE; WHEEL/RAIL; WHEEL/RAIL INTERACTION; WHEELSETS;

EID: 51449122054     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110701882355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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