A railway wheel wear prediction tool based on a multibody software

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 751-770

  Pombo, João ^a   Ambrósio, Jorge ^a   Pereira, Manuel ^a   Lewis, Roger ^b   Dwyer Joyce, Rob ^b   Ariaudo, Caterina ^c   Kuka, Naim ^c  

^a Instituto Superior Tecnico Institute for Mechanical Engineering   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Flange lubrication; Railway dynamics; Track geometry; Vehicle track interaction; Wheel profiles updating

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; FRICTION CONDITIONS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; RAILWAY DYNAMICS; RAILWAY WHEEL WEAR; TRACK GEOMETRY; VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION; WHEEL PROFILE;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 77955685373     PISSN: 14292955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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