STRENGTH CALCULATION FOR CAR BODY

Since about 1925, use of steel in car bodies of rolling stock for passenger transportation has become popular in Japan. To check the increase of weight resulting from it to the possible minimum, the strength calculation of the side frame of the car body became necessary, and in 1927, Mr. Suzuki proposed a method. Since then the study of strength calculation of the side frame of a car body has become accelerated, because of increased need for lightweight cars and introduction of test methods resulting from appearance of the wire strain gauge. A car body is subjected to such external forces as (1) bending due to self-weight and load (shearing too, at the same time), (2) torsion and (3) tension and compression in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, the strength calculation of a car body has to be made with regard to these loads.

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  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Yoshimine, K
• Publication Date: 1963-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 29-32
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 4
  • 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: Bending; Bending moments; Bending stress; Loads; Motor vehicle bodies; Railroad trains; Stresses; Technology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Contact stress; Lateral loads; Vertical loads
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Old TRIS Terms: Car body
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00033338
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1994 12:00AM