Publication detail

The Effect of Friction Modifier on the Wheel- Rail Contact

GALAS, R. OMASTA, M.

Original Title

The Effect of Friction Modifier on the Wheel- Rail Contact

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

One of the key factors affecting the rolling-sliding contact is traction, which is expressed by the adhesion coefficient. It is a major characteristic for safety, efficiency, reliability and maintenance costs of rail transportation. The adhesion is influenced by many factors such as contaminants, environmental and operating conditions. The friction modifier (FM) is applied on the top of rail in order to control the adhesion coefficient in required range (0.3 – 0.35). This range is often called an intermediate level of friction. This study has two aims. The first aim is to introduce tribological aspects of FM. The second aim is to in-vestigate the influence of the FM on the adhesion coefficient. The experiments were carried out on the ball-on-disc apparatus.

Keywords

wheel-rail contact, friction modifier, adhesion, adhesion coefficient, friction, wear

Authors

GALAS, R.; OMASTA, M.

Released

1. 1. 2016

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

ISBN

978-3-319-22761-0

Book

The Latest Methods of Construction Design

Pages from

133

Pages to

138

Pages count

6

URL

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-22762-7_21

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT119769,
  author="Radovan {Galas} and Milan {Omasta}",
  title="The Effect of Friction Modifier on the Wheel- Rail Contact",
  booktitle="The Latest Methods of Construction Design",
  year="2016",
  pages="133--138",
  publisher="Springer International Publishing",
  doi="10.1007/978-3-319-22762-7\{_}21",
  isbn="978-3-319-22761-0",
  url="http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-22762-7_21"
}