A car rocking mechanism has been designed and constructed at the Southern Railway's Test Laboratory in Alexandria, Virginia. The mechanism can accept any 100-ton freight car with high center of gravity. Its two electro-hydraulic cradle units impart a rocking motion to the car, which then behaves as it would when moving over rail with staggered joints. Size of low joints, wave form, forward speed, length of rail, and curve conditions can be varied. Any car response, such as roll angle or wheel lift, can be observed and recorded in laboratory conditions. (Kursetz)


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    A Car Rocking Mechanism


    Additional title:

    Schwingungspruefstand fuer Bewegungssimulation von Eisenbahngueterwagen


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1977


    Size :

    8 Seiten, 5 Bilder


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Rocking bogie mechanism

    HOLLOWAY GARY | European Patent Office | 2016

    Free access

    Rocking bogie mechanism

    HOLLOWAY GARY | European Patent Office | 2015

    Free access

    Rocking control system of a rocking vehicle

    KAWASAKI YOHEI / FUJITA MASAYUKI / IGUCHI KAZUNARI et al. | European Patent Office | 2015

    Free access

    ROCKING VEHICLE

    KURATA NORIHIRO / INO TOMOKO / INOUE HAYATO et al. | European Patent Office | 2022

    Free access

    ROCKING SIGN

    INUI YASUNORI | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access