COMPUTER--AN AID TO RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY

This paper underlines the role of the computer in the technological development of a country with special reference to the problems faced by the developing nations. After emphasising the need for an integrated technical development the paper highlights the use being made by the Indian Railways in Mechanical Engineering problems to optimise the performance of their assets. Six computer programmes developed for optimising the performance potential of Motive Power Traction Units and for expediting the design development work have been discussed in detail.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Third ORE Colloquium held in Amsterdam, May 8th to 10th 1973, and its Summary is contained in the Colloquium report #AZ40/RP 5/E; See RRIS #052511. 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:
  • Bhalla, P
  • Mital, H P
  • Syngal, S P
  • Gopalakrishnan, H
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Information processing; Mechanical engineering
• Identifier Terms: Indian Railways
• Old TRIS Terms: Question az40
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00052583
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 1975 12:00AM