Determining the deterioration cost for railway tracks

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

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-129

  Oberg J ^a   Andersson, E ^b  

^a Operations Division Track and Civil Engineering   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Track access charging; Track deterioration; Wheel rail forces

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVE WEARS; AXLE LOADS; JOINT PROJECTS; RAIL OPERATIONS; RAILWAY TRACK; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; STOCKHOLM; TRACK ACCESS CHARGING; TRACK DETERIORATION; TRACK SETTLEMENT; UNSPRUNG MASS; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS; VEHICLE TYPES; WHEEL-RAIL FORCES; WHEELSETS;

RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; RAILS; SPREADSHEETS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES;

DETERIORATION;

EID: 69249097481     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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