PROGRESS REPORT ON THE TRUCK DESIGN OPTIMIZATION PROJECT
The Federally funded Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) is being conducted by Southern Pacific Transportation Company to furnish new technical and economic insights into the procurement and use of freight car trucks. A variety of outputs are emerging, including digital data tapes that may prove useful to future investigators of freight car truck dynamics. TDOP will furnish railroads with technical and economic information on freight car truck performance. Performance data is required to correct existing problems and establish future truck system needs. Phase I effort is anticipated to include technical performance specifications and an economic methodology for use in evaluating trucks.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of the 12th Annual Railroad Engineering Conference held at Pueblo, Colorado, October 23-24, 1975. The complete volume is RRIS 02 132958, Pricing is for the complete volume: Repr. PC $6.75, Microfiche$2.25, NTIS PB-252968/AS.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Railroad Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
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Authors:
- Byrne, R
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1975-10
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 59-64
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bolsters; Data collection; Design; Dynamic tests; Dynamics; Economic analysis; Hunting (Dynamics); Instrumentation; Life cycle costing; Railcar trucks; Railroad rails; Research projects; Suspension systems; Train track dynamics; Trucks; Vehicle design; Wheels
- Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Dynamic analysis
- Old TRIS Terms: Truck and bolster systems
- Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Finance; Motor Carriers; Railroads; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00132965
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Federal Railroad Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: FRA OR&D 76-243
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 5 1976 12:00AM