Wheel-rail contact mechanics

Wheel-Rail Interface Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 58-92

  Iwnicki, Simon ^a   Björklund, Stefan ^b   Enblom, Roger ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Creep force; Hertz contact; Railway vehicle dynamics; Wheel rail contact

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; LOCOMOTIVES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RAILROADS; RAILS; VEHICLES; WHEELS;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS; CREEP FORCE; DYNAMIC APPLICATIONS; HERTZ CONTACT; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; RAILWAY VEHICLE DYNAMICS; WHEEL-RAIL CONTACTS; WHEEL-RAIL INTERFACE;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 84941282733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845696788.1.58     Document Type: Chapter

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