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Wheel Bearing Brake/Instrumented Wheelset (WBB/IWS) Friction Characterization Study

Document Series
Technical Reports
Author
Federal Railroad Administration
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-19/46
Office
RPD-31
Subject Track
Keywords
Wheel/rail interface, W/R, friction, angle of attack, AoA, traction curves, instrumented wheelset, IWS, rolling contact fatigue, wear, tribometer
WBB_IWS.pdf

Last updated: Monday, December 2, 2019