• DocumentCode
    3440127
  • Title

    Progress report evaluation of truck designs using NUCARS

  • Author

    Hawthorne, V.T. ; Mulcahy, Harry W. ; Hiatt, Anthony R.

  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    21-23 May 1991
  • Firstpage
    27
  • Lastpage
    35
  • Abstract
    The Association of American Railroads (AAR) Mechanical Division Specification M-1001 Chapter XI describes the test and analysis requirements for approval of new and untried types of freight cars. A methodology for developing and evaluating the requisite analyses is described. The AAR vehicle dynamics program, NUCARS, is utilized as the primary analysis tool, while other software packages are used in postprocessing
  • Keywords
    engineering computing; railways; software packages; Association of American Railroads; NUCARS; freight cars; software packages; vehicle dynamics program; Automotive engineering; Design engineering; Feedback; Foundries; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Software packages; Steel; Testing; Vehicle dynamics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Railroad Conference, 1991., Proceedings of the 1991 IEEE/ASME Joint
  • Conference_Location
    St. Louis, MO
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0072-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RRCON.1991.160924
  • Filename
    160924