ASSESSMENT OF IMPROVEMENT IN BOGIE CONSTRUCTION FOR URBAN RAIL VEHICLES BY MEANS OF SWINGING COUPLED WHEELSETS

A series of experimental, analytical, and manufacturing tests have been carried out on ways of suppressing at source troublesome running noise on curves and the accompanying wheel/rail wear. A bogie with swinging coupled wheelsets has emerged as the most promising solution for suburban applications. A self-adjusting steering mechanism uses input from the profile forces and produces on curved track a substantially better agreement between wheel trajectory and rail profile than a conventional bogie. The modifications in construction are confined to the wheelsets so that tractive and braking components are unaffected. This seems to be a cost-effective way of reducing not only travel noise and wheel/rail wear but also the incidence of derailments.

• Corporate Authors:

  Verlag R Oldenbourg

  Rosenheimer Strasse 145
  Munich 80,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Bugarcic, H
  • Thevis, P
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 366-368
• Serial:
  • Elektrische Bahnen
  • Volume: 84
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Verlag R Oldenbourg

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assessments; Noise; Noise control; Railroad cars; Railroad rails; Railroad wheels; Railroad wheelsets; Railroads; Wear; Wheels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Noise reduction
• Old TRIS Terms: Self-steering
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00463444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:48AM