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Fundamental Studies Related to Wheel/Rail Contact Stress

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • B. Paul
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/05
Office
RRD
Subject:
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords:
Rail-Wheel Interaction, Conformal Contact, Elasticity, Creepage, Non-Hertzian Contact
Document
1981_FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES RELATED TO WHEEL - RAIL CONTAC.PDF (1.12 MB)

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Last updated: Thursday, January 1, 1981