The Service Life Prediction for Brake Pads of Freight Wagons by Sergii Panchenko, Juraj Gerlici, Alyona Lovska, Vasyl Ravlyuk

“…This model can be used for predicting the remaining service life of brake pads according to the wagon mileage. The distribution function of wear on the upper and lower parts of the pad was determined, which made it possible to find the main qualitative characteristics, namely, the wear intensity, the γ-percentage wear, and the average pad wear at a specified wagon mileage. …”
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Method for Determining the Factor of Dual Wedge-Shaped Wear of Composite Brake Pads for Freight Wagons by Sergii Panchenko, Juraj Gerlici, Alyona Lovska, Glib Vatulia, Vasyl Ravlyuk, Andrij Rybin

“…It has been found that the over-normative wear makes the area of a composite brake pad larger in the lower part up to a value directly proportional to the wagon mileage and smaller in the upper part. To assess the braking efficiency of a rail vehicle, a graphical analytical method has been developed; it allows determining the factor of dual wedge-shaped wear of pads depending on the wagon mileage. …”
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Analysis of Asymmetric Wear of Brake Pads on Freight Wagons despite Full Contact between Pad Surface and Wheel by Sergii Panchenko, Juraj Gerlici, Alyona Lovska, Vasyl Ravlyuk, Ján Dižo, Miroslav Blatnický

“…A new approach to brake-pad-wear prediction depending on the mileage of wagons under operational conditions is proposed. …”
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