While train wheels may look simple, their conical design actually conceals some of the smartest engineering solutions in transport. Far from just trundling along steel rails, it's the shape of the ...

Happy Pi Day. Yes, it's March 14th. If you write that date like an American, it looks like this: 3/14, and that looks like 3.14. It's not the best representation of pi, but it will do. As is my ...

The system is designed for the contactless automatic measurement of the geometrical parameters of railway wheels and uses a combination of 2D laser scanners that are mounted wayside in the track area.

The system is designed for the contactless automatic measurement of geometrical parameters of railway wheels and uses a combination of 2D laser scanners that are mounted wayside in the track area. The ...