Development of the Self-Synchronous Propulsion System was conducted under the Advanced Subsystem Development Program (ASDP), which is a part of the Urban Rapid Rail Vehicle and Systems (URRV&S) Program sponsored by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. The Self-Synchronous Propulsion System was one of the advanced subsystems that had been identified during the Advanced Concept Train (ACT) proposal evaluation as showing outstanding merit, and was planned to be developed for evaluation by the Transit Authorities. The objective of the overall ASDP was to develop advanced subsystems suitable for application in existing or future transit cars. This report, Volume II, discusses the program technical effort, program scope, objectives, and background; summarizes the design and testing efforts and problem areas; contains conclusions and recommendations; discusses system functional characteristics, train performance characteristics, major component design, interfaces, and product assurance; covers developmental, major component and system level testing; contains a description of the changes made during system testing; discusses the status of the final configuration; and addresses unresolved problems.
Self-Synchronous Propulsion System for Rapid Transit Railcars - Advanced Subsystem Development Program. Volume II: Detailed Technical Discussion
1978
421 pages
Report
No indication
English
Metropolitan Rail Transportation , Rapid transit railways , Electric locomotives , Synchronous motors , Experimental design , Electric controllers , Brakes(Motion arresters) , Performance tests , Maintainability , Quality assurance , Computer programming , Computer aided designs , Urban Rapid Rail Vehicle and Systems Program , ASDP program