Use of plastics as replacement for traditional materials for railway equipment subject to stress and vibration; design of coach body in unconventional material produced by British Railways Eastleigh Carriage Works; coach has 10 door openings in each side and to provide required longitudinal stiffness, roof is constructed as single-piece molding 64 ft long and 8 ft 7 in. wide; advantages of plastics; application methods.


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    Title :

    Moulded reinforced plastics for railway equipment


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 119 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1963


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Plastics in railway engineering

    Williams, T.L. / Brown, D.W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1944


    Plastics for railway purposes

    Trevor, J.S. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1940


    Moulded structures

    Langley, M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1939


    Reinforced plastics

    Fuller,J. / Strand Glassfibre, Brentford,GB | Automotive engineering | 1978


    REINFORCED PLASTICS

    HAUSMANN, E. O. | SAE Technical Papers | 1958