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A method for measuring conformal contact areas under dynamic conditions (IM-WRI-025)

Last updated on 24 May 2013 3:39

It has been shown that the wear of a wheel on a rail is proportional to the product of the creep force and creepage (1). This product can be divided by the contact area to give a "wear number" (2) which is useful in comparing results from different wear machines.

Author(s): Poole W

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1983

United Kingdom

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