SINGLE CAR PERFORMANCE - AC PROPULSION PROJECT
IN 1971 THE CLEVELAND TRANSIT SYSTEM RECEIVED A GRANT CONTRACT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION TO TEST, DEMONSTRATE AND EVALUATE A SOLID STATE AC PROPULSION SYSTEM ON THREE RAPID TRANSIT CARS (PROJECT OH-06-0006). THE AC PROPULSION SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED BY THE WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY (WABCO), WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE DIVISION, WILMERDING, PA. THIS REPORT IS ONE OF SERIES ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT. TO DEMONSTRATE GENERAL PERFORMANCE AND APPLICABILITY OF THE PROPULSION SYSTEM, AN ON-BOARD COMPUTER CONTROLLED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM WAS USED TO COLLECT PERFORMANCE DATA. THE DATA WERE REDUCED, ANALYZED, AND PLOTTED BY COMPUTER. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS. A DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROPULSION SYSTEM IS PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF TABULAR LISTINGS AND GRAPHS. SOME OF THE AREAS COVERED INCLUDE ROLLING RESISTANCE, ACCELERATION AND BRAKING CAPABILITY, TORQUE OUTPUT, POWER CONSUMPTION, SYSTEM EFFICIENCY, AND MOTOR TEMPERATURES. /UMTA/
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Supplemental Notes:
- UMTA-OH-06-0006-73-3
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Corporate Authors:
Cleveland Transit System
1404 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH United States 44114 -
Authors:
- Cymbor, W P
- Smith, R D
- Publication Date: 1973-8
Media Info
- Pagination: 94 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Braking performance; Computer programming; Data collection; Economic efficiency; Information processing; Measurement; Power output; Propulsion; Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Temperature measurement; Torque; Vehicle power plants
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Propulsion systems
- Old TRIS Terms: Power measurements
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223957
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: Interim
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 26 1974 12:00AM