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Wheel-Rail Rolling Contact
& Its Application to Wear Simulation

By: Zili Li
July 2002
Delft University
ISBN: 90-407-2281-1
160 pages, Illustrated, 6 3/8 x 9 1/2"
$54.00 paper original


The contents of this doctoral dissertation include: Conformal rolling contact, Influence numbers, Solution of the Equations, Contact Geometry, Potential Contact Area, Wear Simulation, Conclusion and further research. Appendices include: reciprocity, Kuhn-Tucker theorem, Carter theory, The calculation of a wheel contact locus and of wheel-rail contact geometry parameters.

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