CALCULATION OF EQUIVALENT CONICITIES FOR THE S 1002 WHEEL PROFILE ON UIC 60 RAILS

At the request of the Director of ORE the BR calculation method has been used to determine the equivalent conicities for the S 1002 wheel profile on UIC 60 rails at various inclinations and track gauge. The results show that use of the standard wheel profile on rails laid at 1:20 may give rise to inadequate guidance. Inclinations of 1:30 and 1:40 give satisfactory conicities if track gauge is not less than 1,435 mm.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Hobbs, AEW
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Gage (Rails); Rail (Railroads); Railroad cars; Tests; Vehicle design; Wheels; Wheelsets (Railroads)
• Candidate Terms: Rail profiles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wheel profiles
• Old TRIS Terms: Question dt54; Track gauge; Wheel design
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053206
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: DT54/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM