TRACK TRAIN DYNAMICS. HARMONIC ROLL SERIES -- VOLUME I

This is the first of two installments of the report marking completion of Task 13 of Phase I of the International Government-Industry Research Program on Track Train Dynamics. The many factors of track, equipment and operations which are involved in harmonic roll of railroad equipment, a phenomenon also known as "rock and roll," are identified. The volume has five sections: Problem Definition, Historical Background, Current Industry Practices, Recommended Guidelines, and Bibliography. Definitions of significant terms are also included in this manual.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This project was sponsored by the Association of American Railroads, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Railway Progress Institute and the Transportation Development Agency of Canada.
• Corporate Authors:

  Association of American Railroads Research Center

  3140 South Federal Street
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 79 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Freight cars; Rocking; Rolling; Snubbers; Suspension systems; Train operations; Train track dynamics; Vehicle design; Vehicle dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car design; Freight car dynamics; Rock and roll
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081783
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 6 1976 12:00AM