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Railway Vehicle Flange Forces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

R. B. M. Jenkins
R. B. M. Jenkins*
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Dial House, Great Shelford, Cambridge
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Since the end of the last century railway engineers have known that when a railway vehicle passes round a curve a very large force can exist between the outer leading flange and the rail, even under equilibrium conditions. However it was not until Mr. S. R. M. Porter’s paper appeared in 1934 that a satisfactory method of calculating this force was established. Mr. Porter included in his paper two problems of considerable complexity which would take many hours or even days to solve. This may be one of the reasons why his paper is not more widely known.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 46 , Issue 356 , May 1962, pp. 111 - 118
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1962

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