Explanation given is as follows: When a wheel slides on rail, axle of wheel is strained by resisting torque; when wheel comes to sudden stop energy of torsion in axle is suddenly released and wheel is caused to rotate slightly in opposite direction, thus grinding rail.


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    Title :

    Cause of undulatory wear of rails


    Additional title:

    Cause de l'usure ondulatoire des rails


    Contributors:
    Fre&acute (author) / mont, Ch. (author)


    Publication date :

    1920


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    French


    Keywords :


    Notes on the undulatory wear of rails

    Lassalle, M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1926


    Undulatory wearing out of rails

    Fre´ / mont | Engineering Index Backfile | 1927


    Supplementary researches on undulatory wear resistance of rail steels

    Bacqueyrisse, M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1930


    On Undulatory Control of Flexible Fin in Undulatory Biomimetic Propulsor

    Lin, L.-x. / Chen, J. / Shen, L.-c. et al. | British Library Online Contents | 2007