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First published 2023-9

Study on the braking distance of composite brake blocks covered with ice for freight trains in winter

Yanjun Zhang, Zhendong Liu, Sebastian Stichel

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2007-7

Temperatures at railway tread braking. Part 3: wheel and block temperatures and the influence of rail chill

T Vernersson, R Lundén

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2026-5

Wheel gauge evolution in wagon wheelsets during braking: Effect of wheel heat treatment and lateral shift of brake blocks

Vijay Kumar Desam, Manikanta Ravindra Kumar Vakkalagadda, Abenesh Kumaresan [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 1998-3

The effect of block braking on the residual stress state of a solid railway wheel

G Donzella, M Scepi, L Solazzi [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2009-7

Coupled field finite element analysis of railway block brakes

A Suresh Babu, N Siva Prasad

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 1956-6

Forces on a Brake Block and Brake Chatter

H. R. Broadbent

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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First published 2026

Validation of finite difference methods for brake thermal analysis in wagons with LL-type blocks

Riccardo Siniscalchi, Luciano Cantone, Andrea Ottati

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2016-1

Effects of a thermal load on the wheel/brake-block subsystem: The thermal conicity of railway wheels

Adam Mańka, Marek Sitarz

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

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First published 2002-3

Two-dimensional finite element simulation of the thermal problem at railway block braking

M Petereson

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

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First published 1948-6

The Measurement of the Temperature of Sliding Surfaces,with Particular Reference to Railway Brake Blocks

R. C. Parker, P. R. Marshall

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

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