FEASIBILITY OF LINEAR MOTOR FOR CAR-RETARDER OR CAR-ACCELERATOR AT MARSHALLING YARDS

An account of experiments carried out by the J.N.R. in order to establish the possibility of using the linear motor as a retarder or booster of wagons in marshalling yards. The principle underlying the method consists in placing the linear-motor inductors on each side of the rail, the wagon-wheel rims forming the armature of the motor. By reversing the phases in the inductors, it is possible to reverse the direction of the tractive power, and, therefore, to obtain either a boosting or a retarding effect. A description is given of the design of the inductors, together with an account of the results of experiments.

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  Ken-yusha, Incorporated

  1-45-6 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Usami, Y
  • ISHIHARA, M
  • Kojima, N
  • Mitomi, T
• Publication Date: 1968-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 91-96
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification yards; Linear induction motors; Linear motors; Railroad terminals; Railroad yards; Retarder control; Retarders (Concrete); Speed control; Velocity
• Identifier Terms: Nihon kokuyu tetsudo
• Old TRIS Terms: Linear motor booster retarders; Linear motor retarders; Retarders; Velocity control
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072985
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Association of American Railroads
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 29 1975 12:00AM