The influence of initial surface topography on tribological performance of the wheel/rail interface during rolling/sliding conditions

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-187

  Lundmark, J ^a   Kassfeldt, E ^a   Hardell, J ^a   Prakash, B ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Friction; Rail wheel; Surface topography; Wear

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; RAIL GRINDING; RAIL/WHEEL; RUNNING-IN; SURFACE DAMAGES; TEST MACHINE; TEST SPECIMENS; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; WEAR; WHEEL/RAIL;

EXPERIMENTS; FRICTION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

PRECISION ENGINEERING;

EID: 69249090585     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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