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Non-Destructive Impact Between Railroad Cars: Experimental and Analytical Study

Title: Non-Destructive Impact Between Railroad Cars: Experimental and Analytical Study
Creator: Peters, David A.; Yin, Sheng K.
Date: 1977
Identifier: PB263187
Abstract: A computer simulation of the dynamics of rail car impacts is compared with experimental data obtained from full scale switchyard impacts. The compared cases involve impacts between a standing light hopper car and a moving, fully loaded tank car at speeds ranging from 2 mph to 8 mph. The monitored dynamic responses include vertical car motions, draft gear travel, longitudinal coupler forces, car body accelerations, and vertical bolster loads.
Date Issued: 1977-01
Extent: 57
Corporate Author: School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington University
Report Number: FRA-ORD-76/247
PB Number: PB263187
Contract: DOT-OS-40106
NTRL Accession Number: PB263187
Access Rights: Document is available to the U.S. public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161
Photo Quality: Incomplete
Distribution Classification: 1
DTIC Record Exists: No
Report Availability: Full text available by request
Provenance: S. Kumar
Type: report
Format: 57 pages ; 28 cm.