DYNAMIC HOPPER CAR TEST
This report describes a test designed to establish the relationship between ride performance and track degradation, vehicle component wear, and the combined effect of rail degradation and component wear. The test was also designed to quantify the dynamic response of freight vehicles to different track structures. Two 100-ton hopper cars, one a high-mileage car and the other a low-mileage car, were instrumented and used to measure lateral and vertical wheel/rail forces, and truck and carbody modal accelerations. The results of the test will be used to quantify the dynamic response of freight vehicles to different track structures and to establish a baseline for future study of ride performance, and track and vehicle degradation.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Prepared for FAST (Facility for Accelerated Service Testing) Program.
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Corporate Authors:
ENSCO, Incorporated
Engineering Test and Analysis Division
Alexandria, VA United States 22303Federal Railroad Administration
Transportation Test Center, P.O. Box 11008
Pueblo, CO United States 81001 -
Authors:
- Kenworthy, M A
- Jones, C T
- Publication Date: 1980-3
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Pagination: 75 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Calibration; Deterioration; Dynamic loads; Dynamic tests; Dynamics; Equipment tests; Force; Freight cars; Hopper cars; Instrumentation; Railroad rails; Railroad tracks; Railroad wheels; Ride quality; Rolling contact; Vehicle dynamics; Wheels
- Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic response; Lateral dynamics; Vertical dynamics
- Old TRIS Terms: Freight car component performance; Freight car dynamics; Test equipment; Track deterioration
- Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00314428
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: ENSCO/DOT-FR-77-21 Intrm Rpt., FRA/TTC-80/01
- Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-64113
- Files: NTIS, TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 16 1980 12:00AM