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The impact of angle of attack on curve squeal

Last updated on 27 November 2013 10:15

This paper presents the results of a field study of the relationship between curve squeal and wheel angle of attack (AoA) on a curved track. Noise and AoA data was analysed for 164 freight trains and over 2000 passenger trains. The results show that unusually large AoAs values were frequently...

Author(s): Jiang J.;Anderson D.;Dowdell B.;Wang C.

Organisation(s): Transport for NSW ; University of Wollongong ;

2013

Australia

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