PASSENGER TRAIN EQUIPMENT REVIEW REPORT. VOLUME 3. SUSPENSION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEMS

Early in 1977, the Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, initiated the Improved Passenger Equipment Evaluation Program (IPEEP), which was designed as a detailed systematic review of advanced passenger trains and equipment throughout the world that could possibly be used in the United States. During the course of this program, the members of the IPEEP Train System Review Team prepared 24 technical papers, in addition to the basic set of IPEEP reports covering baseline data and individual train reviews and a separate report on train performance methodology. This volume of eight papers covers passenger vehicle axle loads, criteria for high-speed curving of passenger vehicles, radial steering systems for high-speed passenger trains, comparison of conventional and radial trucks, wheel profiles for high speed passenger trains, sensitivity of wheel sixe to induction and synchronous traction motor drives, influence of unsprung mass on rail vehicle/track performance, and use of instrumented wheelsets to measure wheel/rail forces.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, PB84-178383 and Volume 4, PB84-161686.
• Corporate Authors:

  Unified Industries, Incorporated

  6600 Loisdale Court, Suite 400
  Springfield, VA  United States  22150

  Battelle Columbus Laboratories

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201

  Carnegie Mellon University

  Transportation Research Institute
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15213

  Marchetti (JW), Incorporated

  Natick, MA  United States 
• Publication Date: 1981-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 236 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Diameter; Force; High speed rail; Instrumentation; Locomotives; Passenger cars; Railcar trucks; Railroad rails; Railroad wheels; Steering; Suspension systems; Vehicle design; Wheels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wheel profiles
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive design; Passenger car design; Radial trucks; Wheel diameters
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387918
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA-ORD-81/45.3
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM