RESEARCH TRAIN FOR RAIL ADHESION

The research train consists of a Laboratory Coach, a Tribometer Vehicle, and a Store Vehicle. The Tribometer Vehicle is a modified and instrumental two-axle vehicle with independent air-operated disk brakes operated from special control equipment. Wheel-to-rail adhesion is measured by the force required to brake a wheelset on the Tribometer Vehicle to a preset deceleration level against the forward motion of the train. The Laboratory Coach has all the recording and data logging equipment. Signals from the various transducers on the Tribometer vehicle are brought into a 24-channel signal conditioning/amplifier unit. Some immediate 'on board' analysis of results can be performed using a Wang series 700 programmable calculator which is on-line to the data logger and an IBM output writer. Other pertinent information (e.g., weather and rail-surface conditions, etc.) can be entered manually.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Measurement and Control

  87 Gower Street
  London WC1E 6AA,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 224-225
• Serial:
  • Measurement and Control
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Institute of Measurement and Control

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Data collection; Railroad tracks; Tribology
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050470
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1976 12:00AM