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Technical Reports
Resistance of a Freight Train to Forward Motion - Volume IV, Users' Manual for Freight Train Fuel Consumption Program
Keywords: Train Fuel Consumption Prediction, Computer Program, Train Track Dynamics
Abstract: This document provides information concerning a computer program devised to predict fuel consumption of a freight train operated over a track with known characteristics. The...
Technical Reports
Review and Summary of Computer Programs for Railway Vehicle Dynamics
Keywords: Wheel/Rail Contact, Lateral Stability, Curving Dynamics, Computer Models
Abstract: To assess the state of development of computer programs which apply to the dynamics of rail vehicles, reviews were prepared of programs in six different categories: lateral...
Technical Reports
Vibration Level Data: Brighton-New York City Transit Authority
Keywords: Ground-Born Vibration, Noise Control, Rapid Transit Systems, Structural Vibration, Vibration Level Measurements
Abstract: This report documents the results of a vibration measurement program conducted on 14-15 August 1980 in the Midwood Section of Brooklyn, New York, next to the tracks of the...
Technical Reports
Railroad Car Coupling Shock, Vertical Motion, and Roller Bearing Temperature
Keywords: Impact Shock
Abstract: Data were collected in a study of railroad car operating environment. Measurements were made on wheel bearing operating temperatures, coupling impact shock, and vertical motion of...
Technical Reports
Rail Passenger Vehicle Truck Design Methodology
Keywords: Rail Vehicle Dynamics; Passenger Truck Design
Abstract: A procedure for the selection of rail passenger truck design parameters to meet dynamic performance indices has been developed. The procedure is based upon partitioning the design...