METHOD TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF VERTICAL FORCES BETWEEN WHEEL AND RAIL AND LOCOMOTIVES

A method for measuring the effect of vertical forces between wheel and rail is described. The wheel bodies are directly used as transducers, with the elastic deformation arising in the wheel treads at certain points of the wheel body surface, which is typical of the effects of these forces, being measured with strain gauges. The set-up of the measuring circuit, the development from the four-point measuring method to a nearly continuous output signal and possible errors in measurement are outlined. The method which has so far been applied on the No. 103 118 locomotive is still developable.

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  Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung

  Luetzowstrasse 105-196
  1 Berlin 30,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Dorfler, E
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 361-366
• Serial:
  • Glasers Annalen ZEV
  • Volume: 100
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Siemens (Georg) Verlagsbuchhandlung
  • ISSN: 0373-322X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; Loads; Locomotives; Measuring instruments; Rail (Railroads); Strain gages; Train track dynamics; Wheels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vertical dynamics; Vertical loads
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152619
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM