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
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