A new wheel-rail contact element for vehicle dynamic calculation

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 339-355

  Masmoudi, Walid ^a   Castel, Laurent ^a   Granville, Didier ^b  

^a SNCF   (France)

^b SAMTECH   (Belgium)

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EID: 6744247643     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423119808969569     Document Type: Article

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