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The effects of track non-linearity on wheel/rail impact

Last updated on 27 October 2014 1:21

Wheel/track impact due to rail joints or wheel flats has been studied over many years. The railway track is usually assumed to be linear in order to simplify the track model, although the rail pad and ballast are actually non-linear. This may cause incorrect results to some extent in some...

Author(s): Wu T X;Thompson D.J.

Organisation(s): Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Mechanical Engineering Shanghai, People' ; s Republic of China ; University of Southampton Institute of Sound and Vibration Research UK ;

2004

United Kingdom

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