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1 online resource (xxii, 842 pages) : illustrations |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Woodhead Publishing in mechanical engineering |
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Woodhead Publishing in mechanical engineering.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Many of the engineering problems of particular importance to railways arise at interfaces and the safety-critical role of the wheel/rail interface is widely acknowledged. Better understanding of wheel/rail interfaces is therefore critical to improving the capacity, reliability and safety of the railway system. Wheel-rail interface handbook is a one-stop reference for railway engineering practitioners and academic researchers. Part one provides the fundamentals of contact mechanics, wear, fatigue and lubrication as well as state-of-the-art research and emerging technologies related to the wheel/rail interface and its management. Part two offers an overview of industrial practice from several different regions of the world, thereby providing an invaluable international perspective with practitioners' experience of managing the wheel/rail interface in a variety of environments and circumstances. This comprehensive volume will enable practising railway engineers, in whatever discipline of railway engineering - infrastructure, vehicle design and safety, and so on - to enhance their understanding of wheel/rail issues, which have a major influence on the running of a reliable, efficient and safe railway. One-stop reference on the important topic of wheel rail-interfacesPresents the fundamentals of contact mechanics, wear, fatigue and lubricationExamines state-of-the-art research and emerging technologies related to wheel-rail interface and its management. |
| Contents |
Cover; Wheel-rail interface handbook; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Foreword; Part I State-of-the-art research; 1 Introduction to wheel-rail interface research; 1.1 History and present situation; 1.2 Phenomena in the wheel-rail interface; 1.3 Research fields; 1.4 Applications; 1.5 Ongoing research, development and standardization efforts; 1.6 System aspects and optimization; 1.7 Future trends; 1.8 Sources of further information and advice; 1.9 Acknowledgements; 1.10 References; 2 Basic tribology of the wheel-rail contact; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Contact mechanics; 2.3 Wear. |
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2.4 Fatigue2.5 Adhesion; 2.6 References; 3 Wheel-rail contact mechanics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 General contact modelling; 3.3 Wheel-rail contact analysis; 3.4 Computer simulation tools for railway vehicle dynamics; 3.5 Future trends; 3.6 Sources of further information and advice; 3.7 References; 4 Friction and wear simulation of the wheel-rail interface; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Single-point observation method; 4.3 Wear maps and transition diagrams; 4.4 Friction models; 4.5 Wear simulation; 4.6 References; 5 Rail materials; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Pearlitic rails. |
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5.3 Austenitic rails for switches and crossings5.4 Welding rail; 5.5 Wear and rolling contact fatigue of pearlitic rail; 5.6 Bainitic rail; 5.7 Recent rail material developments; 5.8 Conclusions; 5.9 References; 6 Railway wheel wear; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The wheel wear process; 6.3 Tribological issues in wheel wear; 6.4 Wheel-rail contact mechanics and its effect on wheel wear; 6.5 State-of-the-art of uniform wheel wear modelling; 6.6 Means to reduce uniform wheel wear; 6.7 Conclusions; 6.8 References; 7 Fatigue of railway wheels; 7.1 Introduction. |
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7.2 Appearance and mechanisms of wheel fatigue7.3 Prediction of wheel fatigue; 7.4 Wheel fatigue put in context; 7.5 Conclusions; 7.6 Sources of further information and advice; 7.7 Acknowledgements; 7.8 References; 8 Out-of-round railway wheels; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Classification and quantification of wheel out-of-roundness; 8.3 Discrete wheel tread defects; 8.4 Wheel roughness induced by tread braking; 8.5 Simulation of consequences of out-of-round wheels; 8.6 Sources of further information and advice; 8.7 Acknowledgements; 8.8 References; 9 Rail surface fatigue and wear; 9.1 Introduction. |
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9.2 Rail rolling contact fatigue9.3 Experimental investigations; 9.4 Calculating crack growth rate; 9.5 Crack branching predictions; 9.6 Rail wear; 9.7 References; 10 The evolution and failure of pearlitic microstructure in rail steel -- observations and modelling; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Observations of microstructural evolution and failure; 10.3 Modelling; 10.4 Conclusions; 10.5 Acknowledgements; 10.6 Nomenclature; 10.7 References; 11 Rail corrugation; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Classification of corrugation; 11.3 Heavy-haul corrugation; 11.4 Light-rail corrugation. |
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Railroad cars -- Wheels.
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Railroad rails.
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Rolling contact.
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Roues de wagon.
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Rails.
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Contact de roulement.
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rails (transit system elements)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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Railroad cars -- Wheels
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Railroad rails
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Rolling contact
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| Genre/Form |
Handbook |
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Added Author |
Lewis, R. (Roger)
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Olofsson, U. (Ulf)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wheel-rail interface handbook. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press ; Oxford : Woodhead Pub., 2009 9781439801468 (OCoLC)255899974 |
| ISBN |
9781615831531 (electronic bk.) |
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1615831533 (electronic bk.) |
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9781845696788 (electronic bk.) |
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1845696786 (electronic bk.) |
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9781439801468 |
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9781845694128 |
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1439801460 |
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1845694120 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000046686961 |
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CHNEW 001009482 |
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DEBBG BV042314692 |
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DEBSZ 414261372 |
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GBVCP 81316611X |
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NZ1 14232342 |
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