GENERAL VEHICLE TEST PLAN (GVTP) FOR URBAN RAIL TRANSIT CARS

The General Vehicle Test Plan provides a system for general vehicle testing and for documenting and utilizing data and information in the testing of urban rail transit cars. Test procedures are defined for nine categories: (1) Performance; (2) Power Consumption; (3) Power System Interaction; (4) Adhesion; (5) Ride Roughness; (6) Passenger Compartment Noise; (7) Community Noise; (8) Simulated Revenue Service; (9) Structure Dynamics. The procedures can be adapted to any vehicle in the general class of urban rail vehicles. They are derived from testing on UMTA's Rail Transit Test Track in Pueblo, Colorado. In addition, these procedures can be modified for use on other urban rail tracks as required. Specifications are included for instrumentation required to implement the tests. Data processing and analysis requirements are defined by specifying standard output formats for the parameters of interest.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/39567
• Corporate Authors:

  Boeing Vertol Company

  Surface Transportation Systems Department, P.O. Box 16858
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Research and Development
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Neat, G W
  • LOTZ, R
  • Kasameyer, R
  • Oren, R
  • Brown, P F
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 346 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Adhesion; Dynamic structural analysis; Dynamic tests; Energy consumption; Noise control; Passenger cars; Performance based specifications; Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Research; Revenues; Ride quality; Specifications; Structural analysis; Tests; Urban transportation; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic analysis; Noise reduction; Performance specifications
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Passenger car design; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Finance; Public Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133090
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., UMTA-MA-06-0025-75-14, DO
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-580
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM