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Freight Car Truck Design Optimization. Detailed Test Plans for Series 5 Tests-Phase I.

PB248631

Publication Date	1975
Page Count	35
Abstract	The document presents the detailed test plans for Series 5 Tests of Phase I of the Truck Design Optimization Project. It is a continuation of previous reports for the same project presenting the introduction and detailed test plans for Series 1, 2, and 3 Tests in the first volume and the detailed test plans for Series 4 Tests in the second volume. It includes a description of the trucks and cars to be used in the testing, the basis for selecting them, and a description of the tests themselves. It lists the instrumentation to be used and the sequence of testing. The reader is referred to the previous documents for details of the instrumentation and data analysis.
Keywords	Railroad cars Freight cars Trucks Design Optimization Tests Wheels Suspension systems(Vehicles) Rail transportation DOT/4DZ/DC Railroad trucks Freight car trucks
Source Agency	Federal Railroad Administration
NTIS Subject Category	85H - Road Transportation
Corporate Authors	Southern Pacific Transportation Co., San Francisco, Calif. Technical Research and Development Group.; Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, D.C. Office of Research and
Supplemental Notes	See also PB-248 632 and PB-246 389.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Interim rept. Jul-Aug 75.
NTIS Issue Number	197606
Contract Number	DOT-FR-40023

Freight Car Truck Design Optimization. Detailed Test Plans for Series 5 Tests-Phase I.

Freight Car Truck Design Optimization. Detailed Test Plans for Series 5 Tests-Phase I.
PB248631

Publication Date	1975
Page Count	35
Abstract	The document presents the detailed test plans for Series 5 Tests of Phase I of the Truck Design Optimization Project. It is a continuation of previous reports for the same project presenting the introduction and detailed test plans for Series 1, 2, and 3 Tests in the first volume and the detailed test plans for Series 4 Tests in the second volume. It includes a description of the trucks and cars to be used in the testing, the basis for selecting them, and a description of the tests themselves. It lists the instrumentation to be used and the sequence of testing. The reader is referred to the previous documents for details of the instrumentation and data analysis.
Keywords	Railroad cars Freight cars Trucks Design Optimization Tests Wheels Suspension systems(Vehicles) Rail transportation DOT/4DZ/DC Railroad trucks Freight car trucks
Source Agency	Federal Railroad Administration
NTIS Subject Category	85H - Road Transportation
Corporate Authors	Southern Pacific Transportation Co., San Francisco, Calif. Technical Research and Development Group.; Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, D.C. Office of Research and
Supplemental Notes	See also PB-248 632 and PB-246 389.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Interim rept. Jul-Aug 75.
NTIS Issue Number	197606
Contract Number	DOT-FR-40023