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A multi-layer model of low adhesion between railway wheel and rail

Last updated on 19 September 2014 12:13

The current paper presents a new multi-layer model of low adhesion between railway wheel and rail. The model proposes that when leaves are crushed between railway wheels and rail, both a coated slippery layer and a chemically reacted, easily sheared surface layer are formed. Elemental depth profiling reveals that the...

Author(s): Olofsson U

Organisation(s): 1Department of Machine Design, KTH, Stockholm SE-100 44, Sweden ;

2007

Sweden

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