Investigation into the effect on safety against derailment of failure of hydraulic dampers on freight vehicles: (i) ARC hopper wagon with Gloucester R.C. & W. Co LTF bogies (VDYN 73)

This study is to investigate whether failure of one or more hydraulic dampers on the ARC hopper wagon with Gloucester LTF bogies could lead to the wagon becoming dangerously prone to derailment. Calculations have been made for vehicle stability and vehicle performance over rough track on a curve and...