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Use of Railway Instrumented Wheelsets to Characterize the Service Performance of Freight Vehicles

Last updated on 13 September 2013 11:13

Railway instrumented wheelsets (IWS) are used in a number of ways: to assess the effects of new car and truck designs and design changes on wheel/rail forces, to monitor the performance of trucks in service, and to assess track condition – especially to determine unsafe geometry anomalies. In North...

Author(s): Marsh P.;Caldwell R.;Jeambey J.R.

Organisation(s): National Research Council Canada, CSTT ; TTX Company ;

2006

North America

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