Explain with sketch coning of wheels and tilting of rails.

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Mumbai University > Civil Engineering > Sem 5 > Transportation Engineering 1

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Year: May 2015, Dec 2015

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Coning of wheels:-

If the flanges of the wheel are flat then due to shocks there will be movement between wheel and the rails due to which vehicle will not be maintained in central portion due to which there will be unequal distribution of load. Therefore the flanges are made …

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