OPTIMUM DESIGN OF THE SIDES OF A RAILROAD CAR

The paper describes the application of a general purpose optimization code, PARS to the design of the sides of a 100 ton high side gondola car. PARS (Program for Analysis and Resizing of Structures), a companion code to the SPAR finite element package, is used for optimizing structures modeled by finite elements. The sides of the gondola car are modeled by beam and plate finite elements. Manufacturing requirements are accounted for by design variable linking and the sides are designed subject to stress buckling and displacement constraints.

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  IPC Science and Technology Press Limited

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• Authors:
  • Haftka, R T
  • Prasad, B
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 230-236
• Serial:
  • Engineering Structures
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0141-0296
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01410296

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buckling; Computer programs; Finite element method; Freight cars; Gondola cars; Structural analysis; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Car sides; Freight car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331553
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1981 12:00AM