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    Studying the transfer mechanisms of water based top-of-rail products in a wheel/rail interaction

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    Lee, Zing Siang / Trummer, Gerald / Harmon, Matthew et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024

    The railway industry uses top-of-rail products to control and manage the friction in the wheel/rail interface to help ensure efficient

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    Keywords: Top-of-rail friction modifiers

    A computational fluid dynamics study of the influence of sleeper shape and ballast depth on ballast flight during passage of a simplified train

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    Pardoe, Lee / Powrie, William / Hu, Zhiwei | SAGE Publications | 2024

    The paper assesses the effect on the air flow regime underneath a simplified high-speed train of changing the ballast depth and the

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    Track and catenary reconstruction from aerial images for the realistic analysis of rail electrification systems

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    Rebelo, JM / Antunes, P / Ambrósio, J et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024

    Currently, the modelling of the railway catenaries for straight tracks is well understood and demonstrated via an accepted number of

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    Application of smart wayside object controllers to railway signalling systems for decarbonisation

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    Spiryagin, Maksym / Cole, Colin / Schindler, Christian F. et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024
    application of radio communication to wirelessly transmit command control and signals, the cost of cabling and installation has been significantly ...

    A rail corrugation index to characterize noise impacts and grinding effectiveness on rail transit systems

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    Lasisi, Ahmed / Carneiro, Julian / Regehr, Jonathan D et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024
    (RCI) and demonstrates the suitability of that index to characterize the relationship between corrugation and noise, to assess grind ...

    Rail-wheel friction quantification and its variability under lab and field trial conditions

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    White, Ben / Lewis, Roger / Fletcher, David et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024
    environmental and contact conditions. The causes of this variance are partially documented, but it is not fully understood. Friction forces affect wheel ...

    Incentivized decarbonization through safer and more efficient heavy haul operations

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    Spiryagin, Maksym / Cole, Colin / Schindler, Christian F. et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024
    equipment prematurely. The use of higher-performance materials, more efficient vehicle design, and modern technology by Canadian railways to reduce ...

    “A novel methodology for developing ultra-low adhesion leaf layers on a full-scale wheel/rail rig”

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    Jaffe, Joseph / White, Ben / Lanigan, Joseph et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024
    to other layers from the laboratory and field. Testing of the adhesion evolution of the leaf contaminated layers over 50 cycles is explored ...

    A framework for simulating snow accumulation and ice accretion on high-speed trains

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    Zhao, Fanzhou / Chen, Dawei / Liu, Jiali et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024
    importance for physical investigations and the design of anti-snow and ice protection systems. ...

    Expert system based fault diagnosis for railway point machines

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    Reetz, Susanne / Neumann, Thorsten / Schrijver, Gerrit et al. | SAGE Publications | 2024
    classification, which is directly aimed at providing decision support to maintenance engineers. The validity and limitations of the model are ...

    Study on the braking distance of composite brake blocks covered with ice for freight trains in winter

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    Zhang, Yanjun / Liu, Zhendong / Stichel, Sebastian | SAGE Publications | 2023
    preventive measures. Up to now, it has not really been studied how a layer of ice that is often found between the brake block and the wheel ...

    A finite element modelling approach for the numerical analysis of switch rail contact loading and cyclic profile degradation

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    Velic, Dino / Krobath, Martin / Stocker, Erik et al. | SAGE Publications | 2023
    A dynamic 3D finite element model for the calculation of profile degradation in the switch panel is presented. The model includes the ...

    Welding simulation of railway bogie frame side beam: Analyses of residual stresses, clamping forces, distortion and prediction of fatigue S-N curves

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    Afazov, Shukri / Mistry, Kaylan / Uzunov, Kamen | SAGE Publications | 2023
    -N curves with the proposed model showed close correlation with the S-N curves for class F and class F2 welds of the BS7608 standard ...

    Finite element analysis of a crossing panel under dynamic moving load – effect of support conditions and implications on foot fatigue

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    Alizadeh Otorabad, Hossein / Bezin, Yann / Grossoni, Ilaria et al. | SAGE Publications | 2023
    The dynamic behaviour of a complete crossing panel under a transient moving load is considered using finite element method (FEM). A 3D ...

    Applicability and development of a direct method algorithm for simultaneous optimization of trajectories and energy minimizing control for hybrid fuel cell railway vehicles

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    Kühlkamp, Florian / Schenker, Moritz / Konrad, Marcel et al. | SAGE Publications | 2023
    operation. As a promising solution, the fuel cell electric drive came into focus as an emission-free drive system at the point of use. In order to ...

    A reliability study of railway switch and crossing components

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    Litherland, Jack / Andrews, John | SAGE Publications | 2023
    high number of interlinking electrical and mechanical components they contain. Due to their location such as station throats and major ...

    Effects of temperature and humidity on railhead friction levels

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    Folorunso, Morinoye O / Lewis, Roger / Lanigan, Joseph L | SAGE Publications | 2023
    This paper explores the research gap involving the links between railhead temperature, relative humidity, and coefficient of friction ...

    Redefining rail systems verification and validation: The safety/security STAIRCASE model

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    Bearfield, George / Van Gulijk, Coen / Thomas, Richard James | SAGE Publications | 2023
    Safety critical functions of the engineered railway need to perform at levels of integrity that are so high that an acceptable failure rate ...

    Optimisation of wheelset maintenance by using a reduced flange wear wheel profile

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    Muhamedsalih, Yousif / Tucker, Gareth / Stow, Julian | SAGE Publications | 2023
    in service. The P8 was designed based on an average worn shape of a P1 wheel. The P8 was found to stay closer to its original shape as it ...

    Characterisation and tribological testing of recycled crushed glass as an alternative rail sand

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    Maramizonouz, Sadaf / Nadimi, Sadegh / Skipper, William et al. | SAGE Publications | 2023

    In the UK Network Rail Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2020–2050, minimal waste and the sustainable use of materials are

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