RECOMMENDED PERFORMANCE TEST FOR LOOSE CARGO TRANSPORTED BY TRUCKS AND RAILROADS

Loose cargo shipped in trucks and railroads encounters dynamic stress due to vibration in trucks, humping in railcars, and shock due to falling. Stress from these causes far exceeds that from other probable sources. Current tests are inadequate to assure the development of an optimum package/product configuration. Excessive package costs or excessive damage results from this inadequacy. Test procedures for realistically evaluating packaged products are presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 4th Annual Intersociety Conference on Transportation, Los Angeles, California, July 18-23, 1976. see also RRIS 26 148247.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Silver, W
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hump yards; Loss and damage; Occupant protection devices; Packaging; Physical distribution; Tests; Vibration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Damage analysis; Impact protection
• Old TRIS Terms: Vibration levels
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148267
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper D&O-9 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1977 12:00AM