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A Small-Scale Experimental Study of the Damage Due to Intermittent Shoe Braking on the Tread of High-Speed Train Wheels

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Pages 1041-1050 | Received 26 Aug 2019, Accepted 20 Jun 2020, Published online: 12 Aug 2020

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