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Vehicle System Dynamics
International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility
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Comparison of wheel–rail contact models in the context of multibody system simulation: Hertzian versus non-Hertzian

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Pages 1076-1096 | Received 23 Dec 2019, Accepted 31 Oct 2020, Published online: 17 Nov 2020

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