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

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

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

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMFORT CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY PRICES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FREIGHT VEHICLE; LEVEL OF SAFETIES; MULTI-BODY; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OPERATIONAL SCENARIO; PASSENGER TRAIN; RAILWAY DYNAMICS; RAILWAY INDUSTRY; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; RAILWAY SYSTEM; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RAILWAY VEHICLES; RAILWAY WHEELS; TRACK GEOMETRY; TRACK IRREGULARITY; VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION; WHEEL PROFILE; WHEEL WEARS; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT FORCES; WHEELSETS; WORLD POPULATION; WORN PROFILES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; RAILROAD TRACKS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84858405870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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