Drop tests to compare the performance of acoustaflex resilient wheels and solid wheels on a high speed train axle (TM-TS-051)

In order to compare the Acoustaflex resilient wheels with solid wheels, tests were carried out on a specially 'instrumented track panel in the Engineering Development Unit Workshops in May 1975. The Acoustaflex wheel is designed to reduce P1 forces, and both P1 and P2 forces will be considered inter alia...