By Railway Gazette International and Kosuke Matsumoto, Masao Tomeoka, Yoshihiro Suda, Takuji Nakai, and Masuhisa Tani1 September 2006
Bogie performance through curves can be improved by careful control of the friction between wheel and rail. A group of Japanese engineers has developed a friction control method for the Tokyo Metro using an onboard rail spray to control the friction coefficient and the friction characteristics of the wheel-rail contact ...
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