Top-of-Rail Conditioners: Understanding the Relation between Lab and Field Performance
- 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.
| Author: | A. Arcifa, N.D. Spencer, Franziska Zbinden, Urs Schönholzer, Arnulf Hörtnagl, M. Hiefer, Joachim StrittmatterORCiDGND, Rowena Crockett |
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| URL: | https://www.wtc-2022.org/abstract/export/abstract-A99616AA.pdf |
| Parent Title (English): | 7th World Tribology Congress, WTC 2022, July 10-15, 2022, Lyon, France |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Release Date: | 2023/01/13 |
| Tag: | Wheel-rail interface; Top-of-rail conditioners; Rolling-contact fatigue; Wear; Third body |
| Page Number: | 1 |
| Open Access?: | Ja |
| Relevance: | Externer wissenschaftlicher Fachvortrag oder Poster |
