Data recorded during railroad shipment of automobiles were used to determine cause of auto frame damage; it is shown that damage is caused primarily by vertical motions of rail car; these motions were duplicated by relatively simple simulator consisting of tape controlled servo hydraulic rams and platform; simulator reproduces automobile damage experienced on railroad shipments, and has been used to evaluate rapidly different methods of attaching automobiles to rail car; result of study was change in hook design and establishment of tiedown chain angle and preload. (24061)
Laboratory simulation of vibration environment encountered in rail shipment of automobiles
SAE Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1969 Shock problems
1969
4 pages
Conference paper
English
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