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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

    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 ...

    “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 ...

    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 ...

    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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    A year-round analysis of railway station overruns due to low adhesion conditions

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    White, Ben / Watson, Mike / Lewis, Roger | SAGE Publications | 2023
    Key Performance Indicators, such as station overruns and delay minutes, are used to assess the performance and punctuality of the GB ...

    Assessing the effectiveness of traction gels using full-scale and field testing

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    White, Ben / Hyland-Knight, Jack / Lewis, Roger | SAGE Publications | 2021
    network as a result. This work developed a range of full-scale laboratory and field tests that can be used to assess traction gel performance. The ...

    Field trials of a methodology for locomotive brake testing to assess friction enhancement in the wheel/rail interface using a representative leaf layer

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    Lanigan, Joseph L / Krier, Peter / Johnstone, Luke Buckley et al. | SAGE Publications | 2021
    There are two options for testing the performance of rail vehicles and the application of material to the wheel/rail interface to influence ...