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Fatigue analysis of catenary contact wires for high speed trains

Last updated on 18 January 2013 3:42

The fatigue fracture is one of the most critical failures which may occur on the high speed network because it is undetectable and it has a huge impact on traffic disruption. The contact wire lifespan of a high speed line is estimated at more than 50 years and thus it...

Author(s): Massat J.P.;Nguyen-Tajan T.M.L.;Maitournam H.;Balm?s E.;Bobillot A.

Organisation(s): SNCF ; Laboratory for the Mechanics of Solids - Ecole Polytechnique ; Ecole Nationale Sup?rieure d' ; Arts et M?tiers ParisTech ;

2011

France

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