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      <title>TESTS TO BE CARRIED OUT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION "AUTOMATIC COUPLINGS." WORK OF THE COMMITTEE B51 (AUGUST 1962 - SEPTEMBER 1963)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[No Abstract.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>REINFORCED (GLASS) PLASTIC COMPONENTS FOR RAPID TRANSIT CARS</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/28009</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This paper describes the procedure for the production of fiberglass reinforced polyester exterior and interior components for use in mass transportation and people-mover vehicles.  The major emphasis of this presentation deals with describing the preparation of Skybus-type front ends and interiors.  The paper covers the design and production of the wood patterns, finishing of the patterns, preparation of the production molds from fiberglass and polyester resins and the production of finished gel-coated exterior and interior components using hand lay-up and spray-up techniques.  The sizes of these exterior and interior components range from eight to ten feet in width and height, constituting a very large production piece. Special jigs and holding fixtures are used in handling the components during the various stages of their production.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>STANDARDISATION OF PASSENGER COACHES. PERMISSIBLE LOADING OF INTERNAL PARTS OF PASSENGER COACHES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For the dimensioning and design of internal components of passenger coaches, certain load assumptions have to be made. At the moment such guidelines are available only on a national scale.  This report classifies the components and component assemblies found in passenger coaches and defines the types of loading to which they may be exposed.  The extent of the loadings is also indicated.  For the more important loadings, reference values are given and certain safety factors recommended.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RAIL TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD. VOLUME 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Representatives of all of the major rail rapid transit properties in the U.S. participated in an advisory board to review the problems of operation and performance requirements, interchangeability between properties and cars, reliability and maintainability, and rail car suppliers manufacturing of components. A discussion of the feasibility of solutions which might be proposed is also included. (Color illustrations reproduced in black and white.)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PROGRESS IN RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (1974-1975 REPORT OF SURVEY COMMITTEE) CARS AND EQUIPMENT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This survey of the annual ASME report covers some of the major developments in freight and passenger equipment made public in the last calendar year.  Because of federal legislation and, in general, a continuing shortage of oil, the need for cars to haul low sulfur coal is still large. The establishment of "Rail Box" has created a large need for a "standardized" general purpose box car.  In the people transport area, rapid transit is continuing to grow and new equipment is in the offing for Amtrak.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PROGRESS IN RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (1973-1974 REPORT OF SURVEY COMMITTEE) CARS AND EQUIPMENT</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/20807</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This survey covers some of the major developments in freight and people transportation equipment made public in the last calendar year.  Because of the oil embargo, the increasing demand for power, and more stringent pollution laws, the demand for low sulfur coal out of the west is in great demand.  Hence, there is a large need for cars to haul coal. Because of large loss and damage claims in the automotive industry, new equipment for transporting automobiles that is vandalism- and damage-free was developed.  In the people transport area, new developments, mostly funded by the Department of Transportation (D.O.T.), are continuing to materialize.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CAR DESIGN CHECKOUT CENTER</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Standard Car Truck has an Engineering Analysis Center which puts computer-based finite-element techniques and a time-share main-frame computer at the disposal of any car or car component designer.  Interactive graphics, utilizing the Center's own minicomputer, is used for reducing computer output to readily usable results.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE DESIGN. A CENTURY OF PROGRESS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The centennial of organization of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers is marked by this publication of the History and Technology Committee of ASME's Rail Transportation Division.  While many of railroading's innovations were of British or European origin, North American engineers adapted them to rolling stock and train handling techniques for movement of the longest and heaviest trains in the world.  North American developments essential for high-capacity, interchange railroading include the automatic air brake, automatic coupler, friction draft gear and track circuit.  In a series of articles the evolution and status of the following are described: Train braking, steam locomotive, diesel-electric locomotive, electric locomotive, remote multiple-unit locomotive control, Canadian rolling stock, U.S. freight cars, passenger cars, passenger-car trucks, temperature control, wrought-steel and cast-steel wheels, plain and rolling journal bearings, hand brakes, freight-car trucks, couplers, draft gears, cast-metal and composition brake shoes, rapid-transit car trucks and propulsion.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>WHEELSETS WITH ASSEMBLED AXLEBOXES: DESIGN, MAINTENANCE AND STANDARDISATION. CALCULATION OF WAGON AXLES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Commencing from the axle calculation methods used by different railway Administrations (or by axle manufacturers) and the measurements made during line tests, the report proposes vertical and lateral forces to be allowed for in the calculation of wagon-axles.  The incidence of the forces introduced by braking (on the wheel or with axle mounted discs) has also been examined.  Taking the experience of some major Administrations as a basis (experimental studies and service results) the report also proposes some recommendations on the subject of geometric forms to be adopted for the different constituent parts of an axle (relative dimensions and transitions between sections of different diameter) and the preferred surface conditions on the different parts.  Finally, the values of permissible stresses to be taken into account at various sections of an axle and a simplified design sheet are given.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TRACK/TRAIN DYNAMICS AND DESIGN: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[These papers present a detailed state-of-the-art account of the technology and the technological needs involved with the structural mechanics of freight railroad vehicles. Important computer programs and current projects are also covered.  This volume offers valuable reference information to engineers in the rail car building industry consulting engineers and manufacturers who supply the railroad industry.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>INTERIM AAR GUIDELINES FOR FATIGUE ANALYSIS OF FREIGHT CARS, VOLUME 1</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This interim specification is a guideline for fatigue analysis of freight cars.  The methodology presented gives the designer or analyst a reliable technique for determining the fatigue life of a freight car or component when subjected to fluctuating stresses.  Through the use of these guidelines, fatigue life calculations can be readily incorporated into the overall freight car design procedure.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ADJUSTABLE SPRING RATE SUSPENSION SYSTEM</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A previously described special suspension spring, known as the "elastica" suspension, is discussed in some more detail. The versatility of this suspension is illustrated by demonstrating how it can be adjusted to provide an enhanced selection of nonlinear spring rates.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>THE S.N.C.F. EQUIPMENT LABORATORIES</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The author, Ingenieur en Chef at the SNCF, Head of the Equipment Control and Laboratories Department, explains that these laboratories are now housed under one roof following the gradual amalgamation of six laboratories previously operating on the different railway networks. These networks comprised several laboratories on the Western Region (chemistry, physics, mechanical tests and metrology), and each on the South West (various mechanical tests and chemical analyses), Northern (mechanical tests), Eastern (mechanical tests) and former Alsace-Lorraine (various tests) Regions.  These Laboratories have, since 1973, been completely centralised.  The article therefore deals successively with the functions of these laboratories, their organisation(staff and means facilities), their main activities over the last two years.  It highlights the existing facilities and the diversity of the work carried out: the equipment modernisation policy will be continued, in order that the research work planned in various spheres may be carried out in optimum conditions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RAILWAY LABORATORY FOSTERS COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The National Research Council Railway Laboratory has the equipment and expertise to determine the characteristics of a variety of railway hardware.  It also carries out design and development examinations, using modern engineering techniques to assist in advancing the state of the railway art.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>THE EFFECTS OF HARDENING DEPTH AND TEMPERING TEMPERATURE ON RESIDUAL STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN MEDIUM FREQUENCY INDUCTION HARDENED RAILWAY CAR-AXLES</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/65627</link>
      <description><![CDATA[To develop optimum induction hardening conditions for improvement of fatigue strength of axles, the effect of hardening depth and tempering temperature on residual stress distribution in specimen steel axles was investigated. Residual compressive stress in the surface and residual tensile stress in the center were produced by medium frequency hardening.  Medium frequency induction hardening and 200 C tempering may be optimum for axles from the viewpoint of residual stress distribution and toughness of the hardened case.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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