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Technical Reports
Advanced Modeling of Wheel-Rail Friction Phenomena
Keywords: wheel-rail contact, creep force, friction, interfacial layer, simulation
Abstract: From 2017–2019, the Federal Railroad Administration sponsored VORtech and its project partners to develop advanced physics-based modeling of wheel-rail friction. Sub-models...
Environmental Review Documents
Brightline West Las Vegas to Victor Valley High-Speed Rail Programmatic Agreement: First Amendment