THE HUNTING BEHAVIOUR OF CONVENTIONAL RAILWAY TRUCKS

A study of hunting, taking into account the non-linear effects, such as the intervention of the flanges, and the behaviour of the adhesion. The author shows the equations covering the system, in the case of two bogie-models, as well as the system of external forces applied, based on the interactions between the rail and the wheel tread, and the reactions of the flanges. The systems of equations were resolved by means of a computer. The author shows the conclusions reached, as a result of the calculations made, concerning the hunting frequencies, the riding stability, and the contacts between the flanges and the rail, which are different from those reached as a result of a study based on linear hypotheses. Reference is made in the bibliography to a number of basic studies of the subject.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Appeared as #478 in Interantional Railway Documentation, No. 4, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Cooperrider, N K
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • ASME Journal of Engineering for Industry
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hunting (Dynamics); Train track dynamics; Trucks
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046979
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Railway Congress Association
• Report/Paper Numbers: Trans
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1974 12:00AM