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vol 67 / February, 2024
Article
UDC 629.423.32:621.38

LASER-ASSISTED RAIL CLEANING TO ENHANCE THE FRICTION COEFFICIENT

A. A. Petrov
ITMO University, 197101, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation; Associate professor


A. S. Maznev
St. Petersburg State Transport University, Department of Electric Traction; Professor


A. M. Evstafiev
St. Petersburg State Transport University, Department of Electric Traction;


A. A. Kalinina
St. Petersburg State Transport University, Department of Electric Traction; Assistant Lecturer


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Abstract. Application of fiber laser for cleaning of various types of pollution from railway is studied both theoretically and experimentally with q-switched pulsed Ytterbium fiber laser (average power 50 W, pulse width 100 ns). The friction coefficient is shown to increase for 30 % as a result of laser-assisted rail cleaning.
Keywords: laser cleaning, fiber laser, rail cleaning.