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: Barrie V. Brickle
Format: Default Thesis
Published: 1973
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16979
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