PROTECTION AGAINST SLIP, CONTROL AND REGULATION OF TRACTIVE EFFORT

Definition of anti-slip devices. Adhesion limit detection method. Methods and equipment for measuring absolute speed. Functions and characteristics of a system permitting full slip dependent monitoring and regulation of tractive effort. Tests made to check such a system.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material. This Technical Document (DT) was compiled within the scope of activities of the ORE Specialists Committee for B44.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 36 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control devices; Instruments for measuring speed or velocity; Locomotives; Traction; Wheel slip
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive controls; Question dt48(B44); Speed measuring devices; Tractive effort
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053243
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: DT 48 (B 44)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM