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Tests to assess ride of HSFV4 with failed dampers (IM-HSFV-001)

Last updated on 06 December 2013 11:38

Concern is felt in certain quarters concerning the reliability of hydraulic dampers in service and particularly when applied to freight vehicles which receive little or no attention between general overhauls. HSFV4 if, fitted with eight dampers (two per axle box). This provides 100% redundancy in numbers but the effect of...

Author(s): Pocklington A.R.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1969

United Kingdom

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