Wheel/rail adhesion — the overriding influence of water

Contact of Nonspherical Elastic Bodies Transmitting Tangential Forces

P. J. Vermeulen, K. L. Johnson · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1964 · 304 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +10

The importance of surface oxide films in the friction and lubrication of metals. Part I.—The dry friction of surfaces freshly exposed to air

E D Tingle · Transactions of the Faraday Society · 1950 · 65 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +14

Wheel/rail adhesion — the influence of railhead debris

T.M. Beagley, I.J. McEwen, C. Pritchard · Wear · 1975 · 56 citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering +13

Wheel/rail adhesion—Boundary lubrication by oily fluids

T.M. Beagley, I.J. McEwen, C. Pritchard · Wear · 1975 · 54 citations

Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +14

Wheel/rail adhesion: its relation to rail contamination on british railways

M. Broster, C. Pritchard, D. A. X. Smith · Wear · 1974 · 45 citations

Management, Civil Engineering, Transport +10