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Numerical Determination of Contact Pressures Between Closely Conforming Wheels and Rails

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • B. Paul, J. Hashemi
Report Number
FRA/ORD-79/41
Office
RRD
Subject:
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords:
Rail Wheel Interaction, Contact Stress, Conformal Contact, elasticity, Non-Hertzian Contact
Document
Numerical Determintion of Contact Ressures Between Closely Conforming Wheels and Rail Technical Report No 8 July 1979.pdf (5.07 MB)

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Last updated: Sunday, July 1, 1979