Out-of-round tram wheels – current state and measurements

Railway or tram wheel is never perfectly round and its surface is not ideally smooth, even at the very moment after manufacturing. This induces dynamic interaction between wheel and rail while rolling, which may result in accelerated wear, fatigue cracking, corrugation formation (both on wheels and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tomasz Staśkiewicz, Bartosz Firlik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Transport, Warsaw University of Technology 2018-03-01
Series:Archives of Transport
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Online Access:http://aot.publisherspanel.com/gicid/01.3001.0012.0946