IMPACT AS RELATED TO FREIGHT-CAR AND LADING DAMAGE

Damage to railway cars and ladings resulting from end impact is responsible for direct and indirect losses to the American railroads probably exceeding $100,000,000 annually. The subject of impact as related to freight-car and lading damage was therefore chosen by the author's company for research study and exploration on the impact tack as a basis for the development of efficient car-cushioning products. The first part of the paper provides an analysis of the physics of impact. Next the paper reports railway-car impact studies which were made to determine the relation between car cushioning and disturbances to cars and ladings during impact.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appeared in Anthology of Rail Vehicle Dynamics, Volume 1: Freight Car Impact. The anthology was sponsored by the Rail Transportation Division. ASME. Presented at the Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, N.J. Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 1959.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Baillie, W E
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 25-50
• Serial:
  • Publication of: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
  • Publisher: Association of American Railroads
  • ISSN: 0899-2029

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cushioning materials; Freight cars; Impacts; Loss and damage; Train track dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Cushioning; Lading protection
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047438
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1976 12:00AM