FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A WHEEL-RAIL DYNAMICS RESEARCH FACILITY

The principal objective of the program is to determine the most suitable form of laboratory apparatus required to significantly advance the current knowledge of wheel-rail dynamics, and to establish the safe upper-limit speed for those wheel-rail combinations which hold promise of achieving speeds up to 300 mph. What is sought here is a versatile piece of equipment or equipments capable of accommodating as many of the rail vehicles, suspension systems, mating tracks and/or models or components thereof, as might reasonably be of interest, and being able to evaluate their merits or deficiencies either in component fashion, in scale-model fashion, or in full-scale systems fashion. Such equipment must be both technically feasible and practical, and economically justifiable. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  General American Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Milenkovic, V
  • Poczatck, J J
• Publication Date: 1968-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 180 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; High speed rail; Railroad rails; Research and educational facilities; Train track dynamics; Wheels
• Old TRIS Terms: Research facilities
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039121
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: DT-7-35363
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 1973 12:00AM