Influence of short-pitch wheel/rail corrugation on rolling contact fatigue of railway wheels

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-187

  Nielsen, J C O ^a   Ekberg, A ^a   Lunden R ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dynamic train track interaction; rail corrugation; rolling contact fatigue; wheel out of roundness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992862360     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: 20413017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440905X8871     Document Type: Article

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