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Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II: Guideline Test Specifications for Freight Car Trucks

Document Series:
Technical Reports
Author:
  • P. V. RamaChandran, M. M. ElMadany
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/36-II
Office
RRD
Subject:
Freight Operations
Keywords:
Field Tests, Laboratory Tests, Performance Regimes, Lateral Stability, Trackability, Ride Quality, Steady State Curve Negotiation
Document
1981_TRUCK DESIGN OPTIMIZATION PROJECT PHASE II GUIDELI.PDF (4.46 MB)

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Last updated: Tuesday, September 1, 1981