Contact Thermal Analysis and Wear Simulation of a Brake Block

The present paper describes an experimental test and a coupled contact-thermal-wear analysis of a railway wheel/brake block system through the braking process. During the test, the friction, the generated heat, and the wear were evaluated. It was found that the contact between the brake block and th...

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Main Authors: Nándor Békési, Károly Váradi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Tribology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/878274