Improvement in the safety of rail transportation by reducing the failure rate of railroad car wheels. Changes in design, materials, or operating limits need to be considered. Before such changes can be recommended, however, one needs to have a better understanding of the factors which lead to wheel failures. Railroad freight car wheels must be designed to fulfill a wide range of service requirements. They must transmit the high mechanical loads accompanying modern high speed train operations and also serve as a heat sink for the energy dissipated by the tread brake system. Railroad wheels are generally expected to provide at least 160000 km (100000 miles) of service. A high reliability against failure is necessary because failure of a wheel is likely to result in a train derailment with serious consequences. Railroad wheels must also be tolerant to a considerable amount of wear which results in large cross-sectional changes in the wheel rim over the lifetime of the wheel. (Jensen)


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    Title :

    Improved safety of railroad car wheels


    Additional title:

    Verbesserte Sicherheit fuer Eisenbahnraeder


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    96 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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