[EN] In wheel-rail contact mechanics, there coexist different models characterised by their ability to reproduce the real phenomenon and the time associated with computing the solution. In simulation of the vehicle dynamics, ...
[EN] In its different versions, the CONTACT method developed by Prof. Kalker is the primary reference in wheel-rail contact mechanics. Despite adopting simplifications associated with the elastic behaviour of the solids ...
[EN] The increase in computational capacity has considerably reduced the use of linear models for wheel/rail tangential contact, being currently replaced by theories that adopt non-linear formulations able to address the ...