Proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference. April 13-15, 1999, Dallas / sponsored by the Rail Transportation Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; the Vehicular Technology Section, Land Transportation Division, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ; edited by John Kingham, Eric Wolf.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Kingham, John.

Wolf, Eric J.

IEEE Xplore (Online service)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Rail Transportation Division.

Vehicular Technology Society.

Conference Name:

Joint ASME/IEEE Railroad Conference (1999 : Dallas, Tex.)

Series:

RTD (Series) ; v. 16.

ASME RTD ; v. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroad engineering--Congresses.

Railroad engineering.

Railroads--Safety measures--Congresses.

Railroads.

Railroads--Equipment and supplies--Inspection--Congresses.

Railroads--Equipment and supplies--Inspection.

Railroads--Equipment and supplies.

Railroads--Safety measures.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

iii unnumbered pages, 195 pages : illustrations.

Other Title:

IEEE/ASME Joint Railroad Conference

Railroad Conference, 1999, proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint.

Place of Publication:

[New York, New York] : American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; Piscataway, N.J. : IEEE, [1999]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Mass Transit System Designers, Electric Powered Vehicle Designers, Safety Signaling Designers

This conference ranges from the continuing study of the wheel-rail interface, a topic so fundamental to the whole process, to the matter of software safety, a topic so relevant in this age of computer control of rail vehicles. The proceedings begin with an emphasis on traction power. There is a mechanical focus on structural integrity and crashworthiness, a field in which America can justifiably claim to be a world leader_and on ride quality and trucks from both the passenger and freight vehicle standpoints.

Contents:

Traction Power

Traction Power Corrosion Control on the DART System / Eugene D. Kale 1

Energy Management of Traction Power Substations on the DART System / Mark Griffiths, Martin Sanders 6

Traction Electrification and NEC Compliance: The Portland Light Rail Experience / Kinh D. Pham, Ralph S. Thomas 28

Traction Power Supply for Tri-Met Portland Westside and Hillsboro Light Rail Extensions / Kinh D. Pham, Ralph S. Thomas 33

Distortion and Power Factor of Non-linear Loads / T.A. Kneschke 47

Design of Grounding Systems for Tri-Met Portland Westside Light Rail Traction Power Substations / Kinh D. Pham, Ralph S. Thomas 55

Optimal Commitment of Frequency Converter Units for Railway Power Supply / Magnus Olofsson 71

Crashworthiness

Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Modifications Study / David Tyrell, Kristine Severson, Brian Marquis, Eloy Martinez, Ronald Mayville, Robert Rancatore, Richard Stringfellow, Randolph Hammond, A. Benjamin Perlman 78

Investigation and Simulation of Lateral Buckling in Trains / Ronald Mayville, Robert Rancatore, Lisa Tegeler 88

Development of a Rail Vehicle Crush Zone / Ronald Mayville, Richard Stringfellow, Robert Rancatore, Kent Johnson 94

Freight Locomotive Operation

Measurement of Air Flow Past Freight Trains Travelling Through Long Tunnels / J.A. Karloff, R.A. Arnold, W.N. Weins, D.K. Peterson 102

State-of-the-Art

A New Masters Course in Railway Traction / R. John Hill, R. O'Callaghan, A. Fisher 112

Software Safety - How do we Know it is Safe? / Ian B. Pirie 122

Low Speed Magnetic Levitation Vehicle in the USA / Radovan Sarunac 130

Ride Quality/Trucks

An Experimental Evaluation of the Effect of Rail Vehicles Truck Suspensions on Wheel-Rail Forces / Mehdi Ahmadian, Darris L. White 144

A Study on Measuring Rail-Wheel Contact Points of Running Railway Vehicles / Takehiko Fujioka, Hiromichi Kanehara 151

Filtering Effects of Mid-Cord Offset Measurements on Track Geometry Data / Mehdi Ahmadian 157

Papers not Included in 1998 Proceedings Publication

Progress in Railway Mechanical Engineering - 1997-1998 Survey - Locomotives / A.C. Bieber 162

Effect of Brake-System Components on Wheel Spalling / Daniel Stone, Frederick Carlson, Carl Bachhuber 177

Field Demonstrations of Two Prototype High-Speed Tribometers / Richard Reiff, Joy Cooke 184.

Notes:

"IEEE Catalog Number 99CH36340"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0780355334

9780780355330

0780355342

9780780355347

0780355350

9780780355354

OCLC:

41256046

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