The report describes the results of tests to determine the effects of well-defined perturbations of track alignment, gage, and crosslevel on rail car response as a function of speed. The track included a 12-degree curve with high rail alignment and crosslevel variations, a tangent section with sinusoidal alignment variations of different amplitudes and wavelengths, and a 6-degree curve with a section of sinusoid alignment variations and a section with high rail alignment variations. The report includes a description of the behavior of wheel rail forces, developed by a partially loaded 100-ton open hopper car and a 4-axle locomotive.
Vehicle/Track Interaction Test at Bennington, NH, Revision 1.0
1988
102 pages
Report
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English
The boiler explosion on the "Bennington."
Engineering Index Backfile | 1906
The construction of the Bennington and North Adams Street Railway
Engineering Index Backfile | 1907
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