• DocumentCode
    1438684
  • Title

    Transactions: Electric braking (or railroad and Urban transit equipment

  • Author

    Craton, F. H. ; Turner, F. M.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Company, Erie, Pa.
  • Volume
    59
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1940
  • Firstpage
    489
  • Lastpage
    494
  • Abstract
    THE PURPOSE of this paper is to outline the present status of electric braking in the railroad and urban transit fields and to point out possible solutions of future braking problems particularly those arising from increasing speeds.
  • Keywords
    Aerodynamics; Footwear; Rails; Resistors; Traction motors; Vehicle dynamics; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1940.6435087
  • Filename
    6435087
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1438684