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The Modification of a Slip Resistance Meter for Measurement of Railhead Adhesion

Last updated on 07 February 2014 4:27

The aim of this work was to find a quick, flexible and localised method for determining railhead adhesion. The proposed method is a pendulum rig, which has a rubber pad at the base of a swinging arm. The arm is released and as the rubber pad slides across the contact...

Author(s): Lewis R.;Lewis S.R.;Zhu;Abbasi S.;Olofsson U.

Organisation(s): Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Sheffield ;

2013

United Kingdom

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