Early in 1977, the Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, initiated the Improved Passenger Equipment Evaluation Program (IPEEP), which was designed as a detailed systematic review of advanced passenger trains and equipment throughout the world that could possibly be used in the United States. During the course of this program, the members of the IPEEP Train System Review Team prepared 24 technical papers, in addition to the basic set of IPEEP reports covering baseline data and individual train reviews and a separate report on train performance methodology. This volume of eight papers covers passenger vehicle axle loads, criteria for high-speed curving of passenger vehicles, radial steering systems for high-speed passenger trains, comparison of conventional and radial trucks, wheel profiles for high speed passenger trains, sensitivity of wheel size to induction and synchronous traction motor drives, influence of unsprung mass on rail vehicle/track performance, and use of instrumented wheelsets to measure wheel/rail forces.


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    Title :

    Passenger Train Equipment Review Report. Volume 3. Suspension and Guidance Systems


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    238 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English