Decision on economical rail grinding interval for controlling rolling contact fatigue

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 545-558

  Chattopadhyay, G ^a   Reddy, V ^a   Larsson Kraik P O ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maintenance cost; Mathematical modelling; Rail grinding; Rolling contact fatigue (RCF); Wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449167385     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2005.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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