@INPROCEEDINGS{Neuhaus2014,
  author = {Jan Neuhaus and Walter Sextro},
  title = {Thermo-Mechanical Model for Wheel Rail Contact using Coupled Point
	Contact Elements},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational
	Methods},
  year = {2014},
  editor = {G.R. Liu and Z.W. Guan},
  publisher = {ScienTech Publisher},
  abstract = {A model to calculate the locally resolved tangential contact forces
	of the wheel rail contact with respect to contact kinematics, material
	and surface properties as well as temperature is introduced.
	
	The elasticity of wheel and rail is modeled as an elastic layer consisting
	of point contact elements connected by springs to each other and
	to the wheel. Each element has two degrees of freedom in tangential
	directions. The resulting total stiffness matrix is reduced to calculate
	only the position of the elements in contact. Friction forces as
	well as contact stiffnesses are incorporated by a nonlinear force-displacement
	characteristic, which originates from a detailed contact model. The
	contact elements are transported through the contact zone in discrete
	time steps. After each time step an equilibrium is calculated. For
	all elements, their temperature and its influence on local friction
	are regarded by calculating friction power and temperature each time
	step.},
  file = {Neuhaus2014.pdf:Neuhaus2014.pdf:PDF},
  keywords = {Rolling Contact, Discrete Elements, Contact Stiffness, Temperature},
  owner = {tobiasm},
  timestamp = {2014.12.04},
  url = {http://www.sci-en-tech.com/ICCM2014/PDFs/202-1589-1-PB.pdf}
}