Investigation of the finite element method for computing wheel/rail contact forces in steady curving

The understanding of rail vehicle steady-state and dynamic curving has increased substantially in the last few years. Contemporary curving models include such nonlinear effects as two-point contact, creep force saturation, and rail flexibility. The usual approximation concerning the contact geome...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moas, Eduardo
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50064