DESIGN OF A ROAD AND RAIL SIMULATOR

The design and construction of a road and rail simulator for the dynamic testing of automobiles, trucks, trailers and railcars is described. The vibration test facility features a 1.3 million pound (600,000 Kg) seismic mass supported on airmounts. Specimens up to 100,000 pounds (45,000 Kg) can be mounted at floor level on six hydraulic actuators with force ratings of + or - 200,000 pounds (900 kilo Newtons) vertically, and + or - 110,000 pounds (490 kilo Newtons) horizontally. The six channels of actuators are programmable and can be run closed loop with tapes derived from field input data. 135 channels of static data and 30 channels of dynamic data can be recorded and manipulated.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • For Meeting held February 23-27, 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Hull, F H
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 13 p.
• Serial:
  • Society of Automotive Engineers Preprint
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Actuators; Automobiles; Construction; Design; Driving simulators; Dynamic tests; Freight cars; Passenger cars; Railroad cars; Railroads; Roads; Simulation; Test facilities; Testing; Tests; Trailers; Training simulators; Trucks; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle performance; Vehicles; Vibration tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road simulators
• Old TRIS Terms: Dynamic vehicle performance; Freight car dynamics; Passenger car dynamics; Rail simulators
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341961
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 810282
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM