DocumentCode
1372608
Title
Train performance calculated by digital computer ¿ Supplemental programs
Author
Hogan, J. E.
Author_Institution
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
Volume
79
Issue
2
fYear
1960
fDate
5/1/1960 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
114
Lastpage
118
Abstract
THE CALCULATION OF TRAIN performance, i.e., the speed, the distance traveled, and the running time of a given train over a given route, provides useful information to railroad management and to manufacturers of railroad traction equipment. These calculations are tedious and time consuming when performed manually. For this reason several special-purpose machines have been constructed to perform the computations more rapidly.1 Recently the use of high-speed digital computers has resulted in a much greater saving of time.
Keywords
Acceleration; Companies; Computers; Equations; Mathematical model; Resistance; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part II: Applications and Industry, Transactions of the
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0097-2185
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAI.1960.6371651
Filename
6371651
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