@inproceedings{3e21e48dd6764d349191cd29e811812c,
title = "A Re-commissioned flexible full-scale wheel/rail test facility",
abstract = "A Full-Scale wheel/rail Test Facitlity (FSTF), originally built and operated by British Rail Research has been re-commissioned for testing at The University of Sheffield. Its control system has been completely rebuilt and modernised and a variety of structural and component improvements made. This paper describes the rigs capabilities and recent overhauls to the instrumentation, hydraulic and control systems before outlining some case studies that illustrate its novel use across a range of applications: These show how adaptable the rig is and the wide range of issues related to wheel/rail management that can be investigated using actual track and vehicle components.",
keywords = "Contact mechanics, Experimentation, Full-scale rail-wheel, Laser cladding, Sanding.",
author = "Lewis, {S. R.} and Fletcher, {D. I.} and A. Beagles and K. Ishizaka and L. Buckley-Johnstone and B. White and M. Harmon and C. Grigson and H. Brunskill and L. Zhou and Kempka, {T. R.} and R. Lewis",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 TU Delft. Copyright: Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems, CM 2018 ; Conference date: 24-09-2018 Through 27-09-2018",
year = "2018",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/wheel Systems, CM 2018",
publisher = "TU Delft",
pages = "518--528",
editor = "Alfredo Nunez and Zili Li",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/wheel Systems, CM 2018",
address = "Netherlands",
}