Analysis of stability of continuously welded rail track with finite elements

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

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-234

  Lei, X ^a   Feng, Q ^a  

^a EAST CHINA JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continuous welded rail track; Finite element method; Stability; Temperature stress

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STABILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VECTORS;

CONTINUOUS WELDED RAIL TRACK; CONTINUOUSLY WELDED RAILS (CWR); STRAIN VECTORS; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

RAILROADS;

EID: 9144237086     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409042389409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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