This study was conducted by the U.S. Army Transportation Engineering Agency, Military Traffic Management and Terminal Service to compare application times of two types of commerically prefabricated lashing gear with each other and with the conventional American Association of Railroads blocking and bracing method used to secure an Army vehicle to a flatcar, to compare dynamic and static strengths of various tiedowns, and to determine the impact force distribution on the vehicle securements.
Study of Rail Tiedown Gear
1971
32 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Vehicles , Railroad cars , Mooring , Transportation , Mechanical cables , Tensile properties , Cable assemblies , Time studies , Stability , Chocks , Load distribution , Impact shock , Test equipment , Tensiometers , Army procurement , Storage , Costs , Manpower , Cargo vehicles , Cargo , Lashing gears , M-52 tractors , Tiedown gears
NTRS | 1982
|NTRS | 1993
|NTIS | 1972
Fittings, Cargo Tiedown, Aircraft
SAE Technical Papers | 1999