Publications

voestalpine Schienen GmbH participates in relevant congresses and conferences and publishes in specific railway related journals. A list of selected publications can be found below. 

For additional information please contact: johann.scharfetter@voestalpine.com

Selected Publications since 2001


R. Stock, R. Pippan: RCF and wear in theory and practice – the influence of rail grade on wear and RCF, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems Florence (CM2009), 2009, 579-588

R. Stock D.T. Eadie, D. Elvidge, and K. Oldknow: Influencing rolling contact fatigue through top of rail friction modifier application – a full scale wheel-rail test rig study, in: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems Florence (CM2009), 2009, 661 – 670

Girsch G., Keichel J., Gehrmann R., Zlatnik A., Frank N.: Advanced rail steels for Heavy Haul application – track performance and weldability, in: Proceedings 9th Intern. Heavy Haul Conference, 2009, 171-178

Pointner P.: High strength rail steels - The importance of material properties in contact mechanics problems, in: Wear, 265, 2008, 1373 - 1379

Pointner P.: The Impact of Wear and Rolling Contact Fatigue on Rails - A Pragmatic Approach, in: ZEVrail Glasers Annalen, 132, 2008, 304 - 312

Girsch G., Frank N., Pointner P.: New Rail Grades - a Technical Performance Overview, in: Proceedings 8th International Heavy Haul Conference, 2005, 731-738

G. Girsch, R. Heyder: Kopfgehärtete HSH-Schienen für den Hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehr, in: Eisenbahningenieur EI (54), 10/2003, 6-15

P. Pointner, N. Frank: High Performance rails for Heavy Haul Traffic, in: 7th Heavy Haul Conference, 2001, 467-475