Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Investigation into Formation of Metro Wheel Polygonalization

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Evolution of wheel polygonalization based on the initial measured wheel irregularity, development of radius deviation, and harmonic-order levels (for a vehicle running at a speed of 75 km/h for 22,000 km): (a, b) leading wheel; (c, d) trailing wheel.
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