Development and validation of a wheel wear and rolling contact fatigue damage model

Wear

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 100-111

  Bevan, Adam ^a   Molyneux Berry, Paul ^a   Eickhoff, Bridget ^b   Burstow, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Rail Safety and Standards Board   (United Kingdom)

^c NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rolling contact fatigue; Wheel wear; Wheel rail damage

Indexed keywords

DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORTS; DETERIORATION RATES; RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARDS; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE; VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION; WHEEL WEARS; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT FORCES; WHEEL/RAIL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE DAMAGE; FLEET OPERATIONS; FRICTION; VEHICLES;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 84884409310     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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