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    Proceedings of the ASME/IEEE/ASCE Joint Rail Conference - 2008 : mechancial and civil engineering papers, electrical engineering papers ; presented ... April 22 - 24, 2008, Wilmington, Delaware USA

    American Society of Mechanical Engineers / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers / American Society of Civil Engineers | TIBKAT | 2008
    Schlagwörter: Railroad engineering

    Estimation of rail bending stress from real-time vertical track deflection measurement

    Greisen, Curt / Lu, Sheng / Duan, Haoliang et al. | Tema Archiv | 2009
    High traffic volume, heavy axle loads, and high train speed can produce large rail bending stresses which contribute to increased track ...

    Effect of friction modifiers on wheel/rail isolation

    Lewis, R. / Gallardo, E.A. / Cotter, J. et al. | Tema Archiv | 2008
    range of railway systems, the intention in this work was to evaluate conductance between wheel and rail in a more controlled and systematic way ...

    Quasi-static and dynamic sled testing of prototype commuter rail passenger seats

    Severson, Kristine / Pertman, A. Benjamin / Stringfellow, Richard | Tema Archiv | 2008
    Tests have been conducted on prototype commuter rail passenger seats which have been designed for improved occupant protection during ...

    A rail mounted ultrasonic sensor for contact patch measurement

    Dwyer-Joyce, R.S. / Yao, C. / Lewis, R. et al. | Tema Archiv | 2008
    Failure of a wheel/rail contact is usually by wear or fatigue and both of these depend on the size and location of the contact patch. One ...

    Supercapacitors on-board light rail vehicles: Enhanced energy storage systems for improved vehicle efficiency

    Barrero, Ricardo / Tackoen, Xavier / Mierlo, Joeri Van | Tema Archiv | 2008
    the system regarding energy content, voltage variation, maximum current and power losses, a model of the tram, network and substations power ...

    A new security and safety solution for public guided transport

    Schütte, Jörg / Scholz, Sven | Tema Archiv | 2009
    Railway and Public Guided Transit Properties often employ large numbers of video cameras to supervise critical areas and facilitate ...

    Estimation of residual stress distribution in railroad wheels

    Sura, Venkata S. / Mahadevan, Sankaran | Tema Archiv | 2009
    during both the manufacturing process and under service conditions. To estimate the residual stresses in the wheel, three-dimensional decoupled ...

    Thermal analysis of railroad bearings: Effect of wheel heating

    Tarawneh, Constantine M. / Fuentes, Arturo A. / Wilson, Brent M. et al. | Tema Archiv | 2009
    Catastrophic bearing failure is a major concern for the railroad industry because it can lead to costly train stoppages and even ...

    Research to understand the effects of wheel impact loads on wheel stress levels

    Lonsdale, Cameron / Rusin, Thomas / Hay, Thomas | Tema Archiv | 2009
    In recent years wheel impact loads have become a very important topic in the railroad industry due to operational and safety concerns. Much ...

    Railway timetable optimization using non-proportional distributed allowance arrangement method

    Yang, Jinhua / KLemenz, Marc | Tema Archiv | 2009
    CTP strategy serves as a new method to solve the conflict between punctuality, travel time and number of train path and keep them in a new ...

    A metallurgical and experimental investigation into sources of warm bearing trending

    Tarawneh, Constantine M. / Wilson, Brent M. / Cole, Kevin D. et al. | Tema Archiv | 2008
    of the remainder of bearings on the train. Several bearings set-out for trending and classified as non-verified revealed that a common ...

    Update on ongoing tank car crashworthiness research: Predicted performance and fabrication approach

    Carolan, Michael / Talamini, Brandon / Tyrell, David | Tema Archiv | 2008
    tank and controlling the load path into the tank. A key goal for the new design is the ability to contain its lading at four times the impact ...

    Dynamic analysis of pitch plane railway vehicle-track interactions due to single and multiple wheel flats

    Uzzal, Rajib Ul Alam / Ahmed, Waiz / Rakheja, Subhash | Tema Archiv | 2008
    theory. Responses in terms of wheel-rail impact load and forces transmitted to bearings, pad and ballast are evaluated in an attempt to identify ...

    Influence of passenger car suspension design on carbody roll and on wheel unloading on curves at unbalance speeds

    Strong, Philip M. | Tema Archiv | 2008
    Analytical results indicate that there is a wide variation in roll and lateral behaviour on curves at unbalance speeds, for passenger car ...

    Three-piece half-truck multibody dynamics models for freight train suspensions

    Ballew, B. / Chan, B.J. / Sandu, C. | Tema Archiv | 2008
    side frames run parallel to the rails and are connected to each other by the bolster, which runs perpendicular to the rail. The side frames are ...

    Feasability study for an ultrasonic sensor for monitoring wheel flange contact

    Dwyer-Joyce, R.S. / Yao, C. / Lewis, R. | Tema Archiv | 2008
    If the contact between the wheel and rail occurs at the flange, a high degree of slip is inherent. This can result in excessive wear and ...

    Increase of efficiency in wireless train control systems (ETCS level 2) by the use of actual packet-oriented transmission concepts

    Ruesche, Simon F. / Steuer, Jan / Jobmann, Klaus | Tema Archiv | 2008
    ERTMS (European Rail Transport Management System) was introduced by the European Union to harmonise the nearly 18 different national train ...