RAIL DYNAMICS SIMULATOR

The car testing facility at the Rail Dynamics Laboratory at the Transportation Test Center is described. The facility was designed and constructed to assist government and industry in evaluating and characterizing the dynamic behavior of cars equipped with two-axle trucks. The configuration of the Vertical Shaker System are described, along with its capabilities. Mathematical modeling of a piggyback car is discussed.

• 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.
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • De Benedet, D
• Conference:
  • 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.
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 118-122

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamic tests; Freight cars; Mathematical models; Piggyback transportation; Suspension systems; Train track dynamics
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Technology Center; Wheel Rail Dynamics Research Facility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic analysis
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00132971
• 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