Optimisation of wheel design - Report 1 : Effect of web shape on the behaviour of wheels subjected to mechanical and thermal loading at the tread (TN-FM-62)

This report presents a review of work carried out on the stress analysis of wheels, concentrating on the effects of mechanical loading from wheel/rail contact and thermal loading from tread braking on monobloc wheel designs. The results of various experimental and theoretical investigations are reviewed, but quantitative assessment of different...