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Model tests on part of Class 87 locomotive bogie frame (TN-TS-11)

Last updated on 25 April 2014 4:35

Loading, tests on the prototype bogie frame of the Glass 87 locomotive (shown in plate I) by the Fracture Mechanics Section of the Research & Development Division had revealed unacceptably high stress values near a weld on the bogie side frame behind the secondary suspension positions (i.e. at strain gauge...

Author(s): Thornton PJ;Perry E;Mather JG

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1973

United Kingdom

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