ROLLING STOCK SHOCK ABSORBERS

Tests were conducted in America under actual running conditions by Waugh Laboratories on the Woodhead-Monroe shock absorber which is of the bleed and blow-off type. Resistance characteristics are extremely versatile since there are six variables on both compression and rebound strokes. Results on a 40-ton refrigerator car were expressed as a percentage of that experienced without shock absorbers, and ranged as low as 7 percent in the vertical plane and 53 percent in the lateral plane for a 25,000 lb. load.

• Corporate Authors:

  Temple Press Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  Longon EC4,   England 
• Publication Date: 1953-7-24

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 100-101
• Serial:
  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
  • Volume: 99

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; Equipment design; Load transfer; Maintenance; Motor vehicles; Railroad trains; Snubbers; Spring; Suspensions; Technology; Train operations; Vehicle dynamics; Vibration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral dynamics; Vertical dynamics
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Train maintenance; Vehicle vibration
• Subject Areas: Design; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039553
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1994 12:00AM