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First published 2006-1

On the effect of varying stiffness under the switch rail on the wheel—rail dynamic characteristics of a high-speed turnout

J Y Zhu

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

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First published 2018-7

Effect of the vertical relative motion of stock/switch rails on wheel–rail contact mechanics in switch panel of railway turnout

Xiaochuan Ma, Ping Wang, Jingmang Xu [...]

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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First published 2023-2

A finite element modelling approach for the numerical analysis of switch rail contact loading and cyclic profile degradation

Dino Velic, Martin Krobath, Erik Stocker [...]

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

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First published 2022-9

A vision-based method for line-side switch rail condition monitoring and inspection

Jiaqi Ye, Edward Stewart, Qianyu Chen [...]

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

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First published 2024-11

Research on ultrasonic guided wave-based high-speed turnout switch rail base flaw detection

Xiaokun Su, Xicheng Feng, Ping Wang [...]

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

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First published 2019-4

Comparison of non-Hertzian modeling approaches for wheel–rail rolling contact mechanics in the switch panel of a railway turnout

Xiaochuan Ma, Ping Wang, Jingmang Xu [...]

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

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First published 2021-7

Multi-feature integration and machine learning for guided wave structural health monitoring: Application to switch rail foot

Weixu Liu, Zhifeng Tang, Fuzai Lv [...]

Structural Health Monitoring

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First published 2017-10

Rethinking rail track switches for fault tolerance and enhanced performance

Samuel D Bemment, Emma Ebinger, Roger M Goodall [...]

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

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First published 2016-7

Monitoring of strain of in-service railway switch rails through field experimentation

Andrew Cornish, Roderick A Smith, John Dear

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

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First published 2021-2

Numerical simulation of rail surface-initiated rolling contact fatigue in the switch panel of railway turnouts

Xiaochuan Ma, Ping Wang, Jingmang Xu [...]

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

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