Title

Users' Manual for Lateral Stability Computer Programs for Railway Freight Car Models

Creator

Haque, I.

Law, H.

Cooperrider, N. K.

Date

1980

Identifier

PB80176266

Abstract

The dynamic performance of a rail vehicle is characterized by its curving behavior, vibration response and stability. The stability of a linear system can be studied by such classical methods as eigenvalue/eigenvector analysis. This report is a User's Manual for four programs written in FORTRAN IV that use the eigenvalue/eigenvector analysis to determine the lateral stability of the 9, 17, 19 and 23 degree of freedom linearized models of the North American Freight Car. The program input, output, and the subroutines used are described herein and the results are in the form of printout. The manual includes program listings, sample deck setups and sample run outputs.

Date Issued

1980-04

Extent

252

Corporate Author

Clemson University and Arizona State University

Report Number

FRA/OR&D-80/30

PB Number

PB80176266

Contract

DOT-OS-40018

NTRL Accession Number

PB80176266

Distribution Conflict

No

Access Rights

Document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service; Springfield, Virginia, 22161

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Distribution Classification

1

DTIC Record Exists

No

Report Availability

Full text available by request

Provenance

S. Kumar

Type

report