WROUGHT STEEL RAILWAY WHEELS -- A BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT
A description is given of the areas of wrought railroad wheel development which are being actively pursued in Australia including abrasive wear resistance of wheel steels, resistance of wheels to fracture, residual stress distribution, and profile design to match applied loading conditions.
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Corporate Authors:
Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited
140 William Street
Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia -
Authors:
- MCDONALD, R J
- MAIR, R I
- Publication Date: 1976-11
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 7-14
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Serial:
- BHP Technical Bulletin
- Volume: 20
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Failure; Forging; Railroad cars; Steel; Stresses; Vehicle design; Wear; Wheels
- Old TRIS Terms: Steel forgings; Wheel design; Wheel failure; Wheel stresses; Wheel tread design; Wrought steel wheels
- Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00163264
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM