...S. M. Shariff; T. K. Pal; G. Padmanabham; S. V. Joshi Understanding the wear behavior of various railroad steels used in different components such as rails, wheels, crossings, and curves has a direct impact on the performance of the rail-wheel system in railroad technology. In the present...

.... , Matsumoto , A. , and Knothe , K. , 2002 , “ Review on Rail Corrugation Studies ,” Wear 0043-1648 10.1016/S0043-1648(02)00092-3 , 253 , pp. 130 – 139 . Kerr , A. D. , 1974 , “ Stress and Stability Analysis of Railroad Trucks ,” ASME J. Appl. Mech. , 41 , pp. 841 – 848 . 0021...

...( ConsumptionTime (min) Total SavedEnergy (J) SavedEnergy J/μL 1.7 8 4976 995 0.85 13 3915 763 0.425 25 6200 1240 railways lubrication rolling friction mechanical contact wear slip laser materials processing surface treatment Wheel-rail friction is a major...

... fracture mechanics rolling friction lubrication stress effects internal stresses mechanical contact railways 19 Opposite effects of similar contact conditions in the contact zone and along crack faces on K II These trends are shown on Fig. 19 where the results...

... by the Tribology Division February 27, 2001; revised manuscript received July 24, 2001. Associate Editor: J. A. Williams. 22 October 2001 27 February 2001 24 July 2001 railways transmission torque life testing traction mechanical contact friction Traction and friction drives...

... of the spin motion. 22 October 2001 27 February 2001 24 July 2001 torque traction rolling friction lubrication railways performance evaluation life testing tribology Traction drives utilize traction or friction forces to transmit torque and power. The torque...

...-dimensional plane strain and plane stress solution. Consequently, the critical speed of real clutches or brakes with 9 or more disks, commonly used in aircrafts and high speed railway applications, can be estimated referring to virtual two-dimensional clutches or brakes with an infinite number of disks...