Frigeri, Ary Vinicius NervisMinhoto, ManuelPiloto, Paulo A.G.Silva, Dyorgge Alves2023-03-012023-03-012020Frigeri, Ary Vinicius N.; Minhoto, Manuel; Piloto, Paulo A.G.; Silva, Dyorgge Alves (2020). Prediction models for rail temperatures validated with experimental measurements. In 12th National Congress on Experimental Mechanics (CNME2020). Monte Real (Portugal)http://hdl.handle.net/10198/27389Rail temperatures play an important role when understanding and predicting rail track instabilities. A rail temperature energy balance model was used, validated with FEA analysis, and compared with field-collected data. Both simplified and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model are in good agreement. Compared with the collected data, the model reaches an R² of 0.83. Boundary conditions improvements are needed.engRail temperatureFinite element analysisPrediction modelsconference object