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Kurapati, S. (author), Kourounioti, I. (author), Lukosch, H.K. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Verbraeck, A. (author), van Veen, A.J. (author), van Nuland, B. (author), Smit, Thijs (author)Rail is a cost-effective and environment friendly freight transport modality when used efficiently. Stakeholders around Dutch ports are discouraged to choose rail due to uncertain train schedules and the dispersed nature of freight flows across terminals in the port. To understand the challenges and opportunities of freight transport using rail,...conference paper 2017
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Naeimi, M. (author), Li, Z. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Wu, J. (author)The substantial similarity of fatigue mechanism in a new test rig for rolling contact fatigue (RCF) has been investigated. A new reduced-scale test rig is designed to perform controlled RCF tests in wheel-rail materials. The fatigue mechanism of the rig is evaluated in this study using a combined finite element-fatigue prediction approach. The...conference paper 2014
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Naeimi, M. (author), Li, Z. (author), Dollevoet, R.P.B.J. (author)A new small–scale test rig developed for rolling contact fatigue (RCF) investigations in wheel–rail material. This paper presents the scaling strategy of the rig based on dimensional analysis and mechanical modelling. The new experimental rig is indeed a spinning frame structure with multiple wheel components over a fixed rail-track ring,...conference paper 2014