BRAKING PERFORMANCE OF FREIGHT TRAIN -- BRAKING RATIO AND BRAKING DISTANCE

The braking distance of trains on JNR's narrow gauge lines is stipulated in a regulation as to be within 600m in any case. This must be a primary consideration in designing either vehicles or ground facilities. In order to have more traffic available, train speed must be increased and each train must be composed much longer. These are contradictory requirements for freight trains with conventional air brake equipment. These circumstances brought the study on this theme. This paper deals with (1) the survey of actual trains on their consist, their loading conditions and so on, (2) method of simulation for making up train consist, and (3) the result obtained therefrom.

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  Ken-yusha, Incorporated

  1-45-6 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Takami, H
  • Iwase, Y
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brakes; Braking; Braking performance; Ratios
• Old TRIS Terms: Braking ratios; Braking systems
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053742
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Technical Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1976 12:00AM