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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
A study of rolling adhesion in braking
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe effect of normal load, contact velocity, and dwell time on the coefficient of adhesion at slip in braking was investigated. A test rig that simulated locomotive wheel/rail interactions was used for the experimentation. The results indicated a drop in the coefficient of adhesion with increasing speed. However, normal load, contact velocity, and dwell time, as operating variables, did not have any effect on the variation of the coefficient of adhesion. A description of the investigation and recommendations for further studies is included.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Mechanical Engineering
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Mechanical Engineering
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1978
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- D'Sa, John Roy
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en_US
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76236
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/76236