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Rolling-Contact-Fatigue and Wear of Rails: Economic and Technical Aspects

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System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles, Track and Subgrade

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Applied Mechanics ((LNACM,volume 6))

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High economic and technical requirements need all efforts to increase the knowledge transfer from research and development work to the customer — the railways companies. It is shown that a lot of work has already been done, but there is still a need for further investigation. Research work on Rolling-Contact-Fatigue and its relation to wear and economics is one of the fields of investigation which needs further support by government, industry and railways.

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  1. voestalpine Schienen GmbH Technologie, Kerpelystrasse 199, A-8700, Leoben, Austria

    Peter Pointner

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  1. Institut für Mechanik, Universität Hannover, Appelstraße 11, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Karl Popp

  2. Institut B für Mechanik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70550, Stuttgart, Germany

    Werner Schiehlen

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Pointner, P. (2003). Rolling-Contact-Fatigue and Wear of Rails: Economic and Technical Aspects. In: Popp, K., Schiehlen, W. (eds) System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles, Track and Subgrade. Lecture Notes in Applied Mechanics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45476-2_4

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