Tests conducted by Aluminum Laboratories, Kingston, Ont, to devise improvements on Canadian made aluminum freight cars of three designs; strain gages placed at strategic positions on cars; static shake-out fatigue and impact tests have shown that welded aluminum hopper cars will withstand conditions more severe than those normally encountered; desirability of minor design changes indicated by tests.


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    Title :

    Testing of welded aluminum hopper cars


    Additional title:

    Metal Progress


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Metal Progress ; 72 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1957


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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