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New laboratory methodologies to analyse the top of rail friction modifier performance across different test scales
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
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| Author | Harmon, M. Lewis, R. |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Abstract | Test methodologies originally developed for greases have been adapted to be used for top of rail friction modifiers (TORFMs). This has included: a small-scale benchtop tribometer to measure the tackiness of different TORFMs, attaching an applicator bar to a section of rail and rolling a scaled-wheel through the TORFM applied to the rail head to analyse the effect of different variables on pick-up, and applying TORFM to a full-scale test facility to analyse the scaling effects and the effect of slip, load and speed on pick-up. These methods can be used to measure the relative performance of different TORFMs with respect to how much product is picked up by the wheel. The results have shown that the relative ranking of different TORFMs is the same across the three test scales. This shows that these small-scale test methods that are more suitable for inclusion in test standards could be used to reduce the need for the more time-consuming and expensive larger scale tests, as the relative performance is the same. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0954409720913759?download=true |
| Starting Page | 191 |
| Ending Page | 200 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| ISSN | 09544097 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 235 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit (PIF) |
| e-ISSN | 20413017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0954409720913759 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2020-03-25 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © IMechE 2020 |
| Subject Keyword | wheel–rail profiles wheel–rail interaction Rail wheel wheel–rail contact |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Mechanical Engineering |
