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15
Aug
1978
Technical Reports
Users' Manual for Kalker's "Exact" Nonlinear Creep Theory
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Evaluation
Keywords: Creepage, Creep Forces, Spin Moment, Steady-State Rolling, Hertz Contact, Computer Program
Abstract: The conversion of the computer program, "A Programme for Three-Dimensional Steady State Rolling" developed by Professor J. J. Kalker, from the original Algol language to FORTRAN...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/50
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1978
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Vol. II - Phase I Final Report
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Evaluation
Keywords: General Purpose Freight Trucks, Equipment Tests, Instrumentation, Test Tracks, Car Torsional Rigidity, Centerplate Friction
Abstract: Tasks assigned to Phase I of the Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) are now concluded. This report includes lists of data tapes, reports already filed through FRA with...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/12.II
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1977
Technical Reports
General Vehicle Test Instrumentation Manual
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Evaluation
Keywords: Dynamic Vehicle Performance, Measuring Devices, Urban Rail Transit Cars
Abstract: A General Vehicle Test System (GVTS) has been developed by the Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts to facilitate rail transit vehicle testing at the...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-77-
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1977
Technical Reports
Vertical Shaker System Laboratory Tests of Trailer on a Flatcar (CR-124)
Subject
Evaluation,
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Freight Cars, Intermodal Systems, Test Instrumentation, Vibration Analysis, Laboratory Testing
Abstract: This report describes full scale Trailer on a Flatcar (TOFC) optimization tests performed during 1976 on the Vertical Shaker System at the Rail Dynamics Laboratory, Pueblo, CO...
Report Number
FRA-OFS-77
Office
RRD
1
Mar
1977
Technical Reports
General Vehicle Test Instrumentation Evaluation
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Transit Vehicle Testing, Dynamic Vehicle Performance, Measuring Devices, Test Equipment Testing
Abstract: A General Vehicle Test System (GVTS) has been developed by the Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts to facilitate rail transit vehicle testing at the...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-77-9
Office
RRD