BOGIE STRUCTURE DESIGN MUST BE RIGHT

British Rail's Railway Technical Centre at Derby is well known to be among the largest and best equipped complex of its kind, housing the R&D Division and Rolling Stock Design Department. Design and testing facilities developed or adapted there for railway engineering are now applied to all new vehicle designs. In describing the development of the Class 87 locomotive bogie frame, the author illustrates the exacting design strategy applied to a structure of complex shape and working in exceptionally arduous conditions.

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  Engineering, Chemical and Marine Press, Limited

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• Authors:
  • Lowe, B
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 480-483
• Serial:
  • ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 216
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: GILLARD WELCH LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0013-7782

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Development; Dynamic tests; Locomotives; Research; Structural analysis; Suspension systems; Trucks; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Dynamic analysis; Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Locomotive design
• Subject Areas: Design; Motor Carriers; Railroads; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141643
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM