Non-Steady State Rolling Contact and Corrugations

Phenomenology and classification of rail corrugation. Field observations. Metallographic investigations. General model of short pitch corrugation formation. Feedback loop between transient dynamics and long-term wear. Similar phenomena on wheel surfaces (out-of-round wheels).

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