Model Railway Traction Performance Measurements and Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to introduce measurements and analysis of a 1:8 scale model railroad in order to provide the possibility to use modern locomotive design methods in this application. Tractive force and vehicle speed are necessary for this analysis and therefore a measuring train car has been developed. On-board strain gage and a magnetic encoder are used to obtain the necessary data. Therefore a part of this paper is devoted to describing the usage of these sensors. Obtained data is processed, analyzed and also compared to a full scale railroad.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.06.142
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817326899
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18777058
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 Pavel Sovička et al. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Sovicka, Pavel
  • Pácha, Matěj
  • Rafajdus, Pavol
• Conference:
  • 12th International Scientific Conference on Young Scientists on Sustainable, Modern and Safe Transport (TRANSCOM 2017)
  • Location: High Tatras , Slovakia
  • Date: 2017-5-31 to 2017-6-2
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 824-829
• Serial:
  • Procedia Engineering
  • Volume: 192
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-7058
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18777058
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Locomotives; Railroad cars; Scale models; Sensors; Strain gages; Traction; Tractive forces; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01646675
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 25 2017 2:10PM