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High economic and technical requirements need all efforts to increase the knowledge transfer from research and development work to the customer — the railways companies. It is shown that a lot of work has already been done, but there is still a need for further investigation. Research work on Rolling-Contact-Fatigue and its relation to wear and economics is one of the fields of investigation which needs further support by government, industry and railways.
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Pointner, P. (2003). Rolling-Contact-Fatigue and Wear of Rails: Economic and Technical Aspects. In: Popp, K., Schiehlen, W. (eds) System Dynamics and Long-Term Behaviour of Railway Vehicles, Track and Subgrade. Lecture Notes in Applied Mechanics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45476-2_4
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