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The Calculation of Wheel Impact Force Due to the Interaction between Vehicle and a Turnout

Last updated on 29 August 2014 4:48

It is known that railway turnouts demand more maintenance than other parts of the railway track network because of large impact loads generated by the variation of wheel-rail contact conditions along the turnout and through the crossing. A method using VAMPIRE® modelling to determine the wheel impact forces due to...

Author(s): Sun Y Q;Cole C;McClanachan M

Organisation(s): CRC for Rail Innovation, Brisbane, Australia ; Centre for Railway Engineering, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia ;

2010

Australia

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