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Railway Engineering and Dynamics

Railway Engineering and Dynamics is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the dynamics of railway track and vehicles, including topics such as ground vibration, wheel-rail contact, high-speed trains, ballast behavior, dynamic interaction, track maintenance, vibration prediction, bridge dynamics, and rolling contact fatigue.

  • Railway Dynamics
  • Ground Vibration
  • Wheel-Rail Contact
  • High-Speed Trains
  • Ballast Behavior
  • Dynamic Interaction
  • Track Maintenance
  • Vibration Prediction
  • Bridge Dynamics
  • Rolling Contact Fatigue
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+25%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
67% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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