OPTIMIZING WHEEL, RAIL PROFILES

Vehicle/track interaction and the maintenance of the wheel/track interface have gained increasing attention during the recent years, as experience has shown that an optimized wheel/rail interface is one of the most powerful tools available to railway engineers, offering the potential to save millions of dollars spent on wheel, rail, and other component replacement costs. While the specifics of a well balanced wheel/rail interface will differ from one system to another, the end result is the same. An optimized wheel/rail interface can control a range of problems, including rolling contact fatigue, wheel shelling, rail fatigue defects, corrugation, wheel/rail noise, excessive rail-gauge-face/wheel-flange wear, wheelset hunting and more.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • Magel, E E
• Publication Date: 1999-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 34-36
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 95
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrugations (Defects); Fatigue (Mechanics); Maintenance management; Noise sources; Rail components; Rolling contact; Shelling (Metals); Track components; Wear
• Subject Areas: Environment; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00767876
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 6 1999 12:00AM