DYNAMICS OF "SHIMMY" IN PASSENGER CAR TRUCKS

A series of tests conducted on the Pere Marquette District of The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to investigate the causes and the cures of "Shimmy" motion gave conclusive data that this type of truck motion can be not only controlled but prevented if a proper angular damping is introduced between the truck frame and the car body.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appeared in Anthology of Rail Vehicle Dynamics, Volume 2: Effects of Train Action and Rail Car Vibration. The anthology was sponsored by the Rail Transportation Division, ASME. Presented at Semi-Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Mo., June 19-23, 1950.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Guins, S G
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 99-110
• Serial:
  • Publication of: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
  • Publisher: Association of American Railroads
  • ISSN: 0899-2029

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047419
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM