COMPUTER STUDY OF DYNAMIC LOADS CAUSED BY VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION

Computer analyses of vehicle and track described produce results regarding actual dynamic loads and manner in which various parameters of vehicle and track structure affect these loads; it is possible to decide how to alleviate high wheel-rail stresses caused by modern traffic and track conditions; possible solutions range from better track maintenance to different wheel-rail geometries to changes in stiffness and damping of trucks and track structure.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • ASME Meeting, April 15-16, 1969.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • MEACHAM, H C
  • Ahlbeck, D R
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Dynamic loads; Dynamics; Information processing; Railroad rails; Train track dynamics; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Computer analysis
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037169
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 69-RR-1
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 13 2002 12:00AM