STRENGTH TESTS ON PASSENGER COACHES SUITABLE FOR TAKING THE AUTOMATIC TRACTION AND SCHOCK COUPLER

Highlights of an ORE study on the application of automatic couplers to passengers coaches are given. The program consisted of strength tests on vehicle bodies; riding stability tests; study of the coupling possibilities of vehicles under difficult conditions. Only the strength tests were completed at the time of this publication. In these tests, stress measurements taken on coach bodies were limited to the following loading cases: compression of 200 t, transmitted by the buffers; compression of 50 t, transmitted by two diagonally-opposite buffers; compression of 200 t, transmitted by the traction and shock coupler; and, tractive force of 150 t, exerted by the traction and shock coupler. Distortion measurements were also made. The results show all the unfinished coach bodies tested to be suitable for the installation of the automatic traction and shock coupler.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Question B85
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1969-1

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 27-28
• Serial:
  • Publication of: International Union of Railways

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Couplers; Motor vehicle bodies; Passenger cars; Railroad cars; Stresses; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contact stress
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic coupling; Car body; Question b85
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00040175
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1975 12:00AM