FRICTION AND CREEP IN ROLLING CONTACT
Experimental and analytical studies of friction and creep in rolling contact are reported. Factors examined for their influence on friction (adhesion) and creep are surface roughness, surface vibration, surface contamination, dynamic loading due to irregular track, and rolling velocity. The following conclusions are reached: surface roughness does not influence the creep coefficients at operating loads. However, surface roughness influences the tractive capacity when the wheel and rail surfaces are either very clean or flooded with a contaminant, surface vibrations affect wheel-rail friction considerably, surface contamination decreases both friction and creep coefficients. The magnitude of the change in these coefficients depends on the oil viscosity temperature and pressure coefficients, the normal load on the wheel and the surface roughness, dynamic loads due to suspension resonances do not appear to influence the friction or creep coefficients significantly, observed decreases in the friction coefficient at increased rolling velocities are probably due to increased surface vibrations, decreased time for the formation of friction junctions, and elastohydrodynamic effects. (OHGTR abstract)
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Corporate Authors:
Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Incorporated
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Authors:
- Nayak, P R
- Hariharan, S
- Stern, R
- Abilock, R
- March, P A
- Publication Date: 1970-11
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 273 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Creep properties; Deformation; Friction; Live loads; Mathematical models; Numerical analysis; Railroad transportation; Rolling contact; Rolling friction; Roughness; Sliding friction; Statistics
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00039210
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 24 1973 12:00AM