Wheels and axles
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Wheels and axles
(I Mech E seminar, 1999-12)
Professional Publishing for The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1999
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Note
Papers presented at a one-day seminar, Wheels and axles held at IMechE headquarters, London, UK, on 21 April 1999
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The invention of the wheelset is well into its second century, and improvements in its performance and costs are continually being demanded: increased axleload, higher speed, lower maintenance costs - all must be satisfied to keep railways competitive. However these demands must be balanced against the safety needed from the one rail vehicle component which is gauranteed to cause an incident if it fails. This text presents the papers given at an IMechE seminar held in April 1999 that reviewed both sides of the debate concerning the wheelset. The volume should be of interest to railway engineers, industry suppliers, and all those connected with the railways and civil engineering.
Table of Contents
- Rickerscote - three years on
- European standards for wheelsetrs
- axle inspection - the use of Monte Carlo analysis and risk assessment to optimize axle inspection interval
- "TreadVIEW" - automated wheel profile measurement
- application of North-American railway wheels in United Kingdom freight service
- development of a low-carbon steel wheel for a disc-braked wheelset
- cast wheels for operation in the UK
- new NDT techniques for railway wheels and axles.
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