TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Arcifa, A.
A1  - Spencer, N.D.
A1  - Zbinden, Franziska
A1  - Schönholzer, Urs
A1  - Hörtnagl, Arnulf
A1  - Hiefer, M.
A1  - Strittmatter, Joachim
A1  - Crockett, Rowena
T1  - Top-of-Rail Conditioners: Understanding the Relation between Lab and Field Performance
T2  - 7th World Tribology Congress, WTC 2022, July 10-15, 2022, Lyon, France
N2  - Adjusting the friction response of the wheel-rail interface is a key factor in the mitigation of wear and rollingcontact fatigue (RCF) in rails. The use of top-of-rail (TOR) friction conditioners has the potential to reduce maintenance costs significantly. Unfortunately, conflicting results on the use of commercial TOR conditioners have been presented in the literature. In this work, the performance of commercial TOR conditioners and a laboratory-made formulation were tested, both on the lab scale and in field measurements. Friction results are discussed together with the structural and chemical analysis of the tested materials.
KW  - Wheel-rail interface
KW  - Top-of-rail conditioners
KW  - Rolling-contact fatigue
KW  - Wear
KW  - Third body
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://www.wtc-2022.org/abstract/export/abstract-A99616AA.pdf
SP  - 1
S1  - 1
ER  -