Contactrail may refer to: Overhead conductor rail Third rail Fourth rail Conduit current collection Current collector Ground-level power supply Guide...
conductor rail is used. The conductor rail is supported on ceramic insulators (known as "pots"), at top contact or insulated brackets, at bottom contact, typically...
press a collector or contact shoe against the rail or overhead wire. As the vehicle moves, the contact shoe slides along the wire or rail to draw the electricity...
the brass contact running inside the groove. When the overhead line was raised in the Simplon Tunnel to accommodate taller rolling stock, a rail was used...
the train wheel rolls on the rail, creating a small contact patch that leads to very high contact pressure between the rail and wheel. Over time, the repeated...
mechanics are implemented towards applications such as locomotive wheel-railcontact, coupling devices, braking systems, tires, bearings, combustion engines...
tunnel ceilings, or a third rail mounted at track level and contacted by a sliding "pickup shoe". Both overhead wire and third-rail systems usually use the...
overhead line or conductor rail, usually a third rail to one side of the running rails. Conductor rail can be: top contact: oldest, least safe, most affected...
The contact patch is the portion of a vehicle's tire that is in actual contact with the road surface. It is commonly used in the discussion of pneumatic...
Docklands Light Railway This uses bottom-contact composite third rail, with an aluminium body and a steel contact surface. The advantage of this is a low-resistance...
stud contact system is also used on model railway systems (e.g. Märklin) as the center line of studs is less obtrusive than a single central rail. For...
flange contact with the inner rail on curves, while faster trains will tend to ride outwards and make contact with the outer rail. Either contact causes...
The outside wheel rides up to contact the rail at a larger diameter, while the inside wheel drops down to contact its rail at a smaller diameter. The difference...
wear and damage of the contacting bodies' surfaces. Application areas of this scale are tire-pavement interaction, railway wheel-rail interaction, roller...
The friction between the wheels and rails occurs in the wheel–rail interface or contact patch. The traction force, the braking forces and the centering...
Light rail transit (LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit characterized by a combination of tram and rapid transit features. While its rolling...
and multiple shocks. Rail corrugation or roaring rails is a type of track wear that develops from track and train wheel set contact over time. Once this...
British Railways and a few interurban railways in the US. In Europe top contact third rail tends to be limited to early electrified urban railways (the current...
Press/Elsevier. ISBN 0-240-51566-8. Arnold Offner; Phoenix Contact (November 12, 2008). "DIN-Rail in the Electrical Control Cabinet and Junction Box" (PDF)...
aesthetic, the dado rail may provide the wall with protection from furniture and other contact. In cities such as Bath, England, the dado rail has been used...
may use a trolley pole or a bow collector. In some cases, a contact shoe on a third rail is used. If necessary, they may have dual power systems—electricity...
hug the rail Describes a ball rolling along a rail in contact or near contact with it, or making multiple successive contacts with the rail. See velcro...
National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger...
British Rail and the first British Rail units with both a pantograph for 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines and contact shoe equipment for 750 V DC third rail supply...
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