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Friction management on a Chinese heavy haul coal line

Last updated on 15 August 2014 4:25

Shuohuang Railway (SHR) is one of the major coal carriers in China, with a total network length of 590?km running from Shenchi to Huanghua. Significant increases in annual operating tonnage have generated accelerated rail wear and rolling contact fatigue (RCF) growth problems for many sharper/lower radius curves. In order to...

Author(s): Lu X;Makowsky T;Eadie D;Oldknow K;Xue J;Jia J;Li G;Meng X;Xu Y;Zhou Y

Organisation(s): L.B. Foster - Friction Management, Kelsan Technologies/Portec Rail, Burnaby, Canada ; Shuohuang Railway, Suning, People?s Republic of China ; Tongji University, Shanghai, People?s Republic of China ;

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