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Users' Manual for Asymmetric Wheel/Rail Contact Characterization Program

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • R. Hellner, N. K. Cooperrider
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/05
Office
RRD
Subject:
Best Practices
Keywords:
Wheel/Rail Geometry, Profile Principle Curvature, Wheel Profile, Wheelset, Rail Profile, Quasi-Linearization
Document
1977_USERS MANUAL FOR ASYMMETRIC WHEEL RAIL CONTACT CHA.PDF (43.66 MB)

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Last updated: Thursday, December 1, 1977