ENGINEERING TESTS FOR ENERGY STORAGE CARS AT THE TRANSPORTATION TEST CENTER. VOLUME IV. RIDE ROUGHNESS TESTS

The primary purpose of the tests documented herein was to demonstrate the principles and feasibility of an energy storage type propulsion system, and its adaptability to an energy storage type propulsion system, and its adaptability to an existing car design. The test program comprised four phases of tests on two New York City Transit Authority R-32 cars where the conventional propulsion system was replaced by an energy storage system. The four test phases were: verification of safe arrival, debugging procedures, performance verification tests, and expanded test program.

• Record URL:
  https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/engineering-tests-energy-storage-cars-transportation-test-center-volume-iv-ride-roughness
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 3, PB-269 402. Also available in set of 4 reports PC E10, PB-269 399-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  AiResearch Manufacturing Company

  2525 West 190th Street
  Torrance, CA  United States  90509

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Curran, W T
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 168 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric generators; Energy storage systems; Flywheels; Motors; Performance tests; Propulsion; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Energy; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159384
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-6-4 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-838-4
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 20 1981 12:00AM