The steady state forces and moments on a railway wheelset including flange contact conditions

Railway vehicles are fitted with coned wheels to provide a measure of stability, but it can be shown that since the forces between wheel and track are non-conservative, dynamic instability occurs at a certain critical speed. Under these conditions the wheelsets sway from side-to-side of the, track w...

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Main Author: Brickle, Barrie Vaughan
Published: Loughborough University 1973
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.483431