Verification of Wavelength-Fixing Mechanism for Rail Corrugation Caused by Multiple-Wheel Interaction

In this paper the author proposes a hypothesis to explain a wavelength-fixing mechanism for rail corrugation. Corrugation growth was predicted using a theoretical model that took into account multiple-wheel interaction and the Doppler effect of rail vibration caused by wheel movement. The wheel-rail contact forces due to virtual sinusoidal irregularities...