RAILWAY FREIGHT CAR FIELD TESTS

A project entitled "Freight Car Dynamics" was conducted by Clemson and Arizona State Universities under contract to the Federal Railroad Administration. This paper summarizes efforts to characterize the vehicle and roadbed, and contains results of the test data analysis carried out by Clemson and Arizona State Universities.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Papers presented at the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, November 16-21, 1980; Dynamic Systems and Control.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • FRIES, R H
  • Cooperrider, N K
  • Law, E H
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers Papers
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamic tests; Field tests; Freight cars; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Dynamic vehicle performance; Freight car dynamics
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330655
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Mechanical Engineering
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASME 80-WA/DSC-7 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1981 12:00AM