Influence of track conditions and wheel wear state on the loads imposed on the infrastructure by railway vehicles

Computers and Structures

Volumn 89, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 1882-1894

  Pombo, J ^a   Ambrosio J ^a   Pereira, M ^a   Verardi, R ^b   Ariaudo, C ^b   Kuka, N ^b  

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

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

Railway dynamics; Track irregularities; Vehicle track interaction; Wheel profiles wear; Wheel rail contact

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL SCENARIO; RAILWAY DYNAMICS; RAILWAY INDUSTRY; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; RAILWAY SYSTEM; RAILWAY VEHICLES; RAILWAY WHEELS; TRACK GEOMETRY; TRACK IRREGULARITY; VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION; WEAR STATE; WHEEL PROFILE; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACTS; WHEELSETS; WORN PROFILES;

INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 80052920612     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2011.05.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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