Determination of wheel-rail contact points with semianalytic methods

DOI10.1007/s11044-008-9123-5zbMath1347.70017OpenAlexW2046986287MaRDI QIDQ1035421

Andrea Rindi, Enrico Meli, Stefano Falomi, Monica Malvezzi

Publication date: 2 November 2009

Published in: Multibody System Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-008-9123-5

zbMATH Keywords

contact point locationon-line contact detectionrailway simulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08) Dynamics of multibody systems (70E55) Motion of a rigid body in contact with a solid surface (70E18)

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