Numerical Investigation into the Effect of Geometric Gap Idealisation on Wheel-Rail Rolling Contact in Presence of Yaw Angle

Figure 9

Wear distributions under the same combination of creepage and spin.

(a) Δy = -2 mm (yaw angle = 0, 1, 5 mrad from left to right)

(b) Δy = 6 mm (yaw angle = 0, 5, 25 mrad from left to right)