Track-Train Interaction

Terms: Track-Train Interaction (78), track and train (5500), wheel rail (37400), wheel rail contact (1020), wheel rail interface (1190), wheel rail behavior (2), wheel rail forces (172), 

Terms: railway vehicle (36000), railway vehicle simulation (11), railway vehicle simulator (0), contact fatigue (10600), contact patches (24600),

Terms: wheel to rail contact (53), rail contact (9320), wheel-rail interaction forces (17), wheel-rail materials (12), wheelset (394000), contact dynamics (1410), wheel profiles (2190), vehicle track dynamics (56),

Boolean: psi AND rail AND wheel (153000),

Terms: track geometry (36900), track classification (618), modeling friction (193), load distribution (422000), Army TM 5-850-2 (3), AFJMAN 32-1046 (17), vertical track modulus (23), track modulus (189),

Modeling Friction and Wear of Brake Systems

Railway Age: Stress reduction, railroad style: the contact area where wheel meets rail is about the size of a dime.

Railway wheel wear predictions with adams/rail R. Lewis

Railroad Design and Rehabilitation - Traffic and Load Carrying, Structural Design

8-12 mm in diameter contact areas, 75 inch wheel spacing, eight wheels per car

Terms: derailment risk (161), railway vehicle track (42), track conditions (440000), track inspectors (848), geometry car (787), railroad track (896000), track compliance (43800), track compliance manual (38),

Terms: railroad track scale (507),

Terms: track gage (461), railway gage (27), rail gauge (19200), railway gauge (1580), rail hardness (61), standard gauge (580000),

4 ft 8.5 inches = 1435 mm

USA 45 billion rail passenger km per year

Terms: tractive effort (102000), pulling force (120000),

Terms: railcar suspension (33), rail profiles (2240), rail profile (13000), rail wear (1780), rail wear patterns (2), track profile (23300),

Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo Colorado same as Facility for Accelerated Service Testing

Terms: high tonnage loop (108), rail performance (5010), rail performance evaluation (9),

Terms: rail grinding (11300), wheel steels (55), wheel shelling (42), derailment (2020000), rail wear (1780), weld batter (12), rail profile grinding (68), skid flats (27), wheel flange wear (92), gauge face wear (74), wheel hollowing (17), short pitch corrugation (38),

Terms: rail friction (868), rail friction guidelines (3), rail noise (2680), railway noise (3910), transit noise (508),

Railway Age: Improving the rail/wheel interface - Advanced Rail Management's 1998 Rail/Wheel Interface Seminar

240 Bhn to 380 Bhn, - 420 HB

Railway Track and Structures: Noise control at interface of rail, wheel

Terms: track inspection (49600), rail inspection (2780), track repair (48700), rail repair (15400), ride quality (924000), track anomalies (433), ride safety thresholds (2), acceleration history (997),

Time History Test

Development of a Mechanistic Model for the Determination of Track Modulus