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Citation

Lu X, Makowsky TW, Eadie DT, Oldknow K, Xue J, Jia J, Li G, Meng X, Xu Y, Zhou Y. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Pt. F J. Rail Rapid Transit 2012; 226(6): 630-640.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0954409712447170

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unavailable

Abstract

Shuohuang Railway (SHR) is one of the major coal carriers in China, with a total network length of 590 km running from Shenchi to Huanghua. Significant increases in annual operating tonnage have generated accelerated rail wear and rolling contact fatigue (RCF) growth problems for many sharper/lower radius curves. In order to address these rail problems, SHR is interested in the state-of-the-art total friction management (TFM) technology currently deployed by some North American heavy haul freight railroads and is evaluating the impact of TFM via a field trial at SHR's Yuanping subdivision. This paper presents an evaluation of the effect of TFM, which includes both wayside gauge face lubrication and wayside application of a thin film top of rail friction modifier on control of lateral forces, rail wear and RCF.


Language: en

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