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The influence of the wheel/rail contact point condition on friction coefficient

Last updated on 15 February 2013 1:34

JR East has had a number of wheel-climb derailments at locations where there is a turnout switch along a close curve. The presumed causes of these derailments have been attributed to the irregularity of track or the wheel load imbalance. From the latest investigations, railways found that most of these...

Author(s): Kataori A.;Doi K.;Iijima H.;Momosaki S.;Matsumoto S.

Organisation(s): East Japan Railway Company ; East Japan Transport Technology Co. Ltd ;

2011

Japan

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