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Determination of the cooling rate of freightliner axle mounted discs (TM-PBS-058)

Last updated on 24 April 2013 2:09

The braking duty specified for Intercity 225 km/h trains (IC225) on the West Coast Main Line is arduous giving high disc temperatures which would significantly reduce pad, and probably disc, life. R & DD were asked to carry out measurements of cooling rate on Freightliner discs that are similar to...

Author(s): Jablonski A.P.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1985

United Kingdom

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