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The Influence of Wheel Profile on the Safety Index

Last updated on 29 August 2014 4:49

Railways around the world are seen to use data from wayside detectors to drive vehicle maintenance strategies and to increase safety by finding and fixing the ‘bad actors’. VALE, one of these railway companies, has installed a truck performance detector and one wheel profile detector on the Estrada de Ferro...

Author(s): dos Santos G F M;Lopes L A S;Kina E J;Tunna J

Organisation(s): VALE, Department of Railway Car Technical Development, Vit?ria, Brazil ; IME, Department of Transportation, Pra?a General Tib?rcio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; Transportation Technology Center, Inc., Pueblo, Colorado, USA ;

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