{"title":"Progress in railway mechanical engineering-2000-2001 survey-locomotives","authors":"A. Bieber","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000111","url":null,"abstract":"This survey reports on motive power developments for the previous year ending August 2001. Invitations to participate were sent to a number of locomotive builders throughout the world. Railway industry trade journals and other rail magazines provided additional input. General information is presented on 5 diesel locomotives and 6 electric locomotives.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122719875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E.J. Lombardi, E. Sherrock, D. C. Warner, B. Whitten
{"title":"Field testing and monitoring of rolling stock under the new federal track and equipment regulations","authors":"E.J. Lombardi, E. Sherrock, D. C. Warner, B. Whitten","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000108","url":null,"abstract":"The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued two significant new regulations covering the qualification and operation of passenger railroad equipment. The 1998 Track Safety Standards and 1999 Passenger Equipment Safety Standards provide comprehensive requirements for the qualification and operation of passenger equipment. Among many safety issues, these standards address the response of rolling stock at speed to track deviations, and the potential for derailment and/or injury to passengers. The principles contained in the Safety Standards are also used by FRA to evaluate safety performance of vehicles for operation at high cant deficiency for speeds less than 90 mph as part of FRA's waiver process. This paper describes the types of static and dynamic tests and equipment that are required with respect to vehicle-track interaction to demonstrate compliance of new equipment with the Standards, and the technical fundamentals behind the requirements. Examples include the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's (Amtrak's) experiences in applying for waivers and qualifying new equipment under these regulations, particularly the high cant deficiency testing of the Talgo train in the Pacific Northwest, and the high-speed and high cant deficiency testing of Maryland Rail Commuter's (MARC's) MARC-III bi-level cars, Acela Express trainsets and Amtrak's high-horsepower electric locomotives in the Northeast Corridor. In addition, technical data and procedures necessary to have existing equipment approved for operation at higher speed or cant deficiency are also described. This paper highlights nuances of the new regulations and common misinterpretations.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125418960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automatic fault location and isolation system for the electric traction overhead lines","authors":"K. K. Agarwal","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000103","url":null,"abstract":"Amtrak is utilizing the electrification of the New Haven to Boston section at 25 kV, 60 Hz AC for all electric service between Washington DC and Boston. Efficient train operation requires uninterrupted availability of power supply to the trains. This, in turn, necessitates quick isolation of faulted section of overhead contact system and restoration of power in the healthy sections. An overview of the principles of automatic fault location and isolation system, which is installed, though not yet placed in service, to automatically isolate the faulted sections of overhead contact system with minimal time delay, is presented.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121685651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a computer model for prediction of collision response of a railroad passenger car","authors":"S. Kirkpatrick, R. MacNeill","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000085","url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes the development of a detailed finite element model that is capable of predicting the response of a rail passenger car to collision conditions. This model was developed to predict the car crush, the three-dimensional gross motions of the car, and the vertical, lateral, and longitudinal accelerations experienced by the car during collisions. The finite element model developed was for a Pioneer passenger coach car. This vehicle was used in a single car impact test. The model was then used to simulate the test and the results are compared to the test data.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128847513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solution of DC power flow for nongrounded traction systems using chain-rule reduction of ladder circuit Jacobian matrices","authors":"Bih‐Yuan Ku, Jen-Sen Liu","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000104","url":null,"abstract":"The power networks of nongrounded DC traction systems are generically longitude ladder-like circuits. The solution of DC power flow for such circuits using nodal analysis requires manipulation of large conductance matrix and Jacobian matrix. We present an approach that decomposes the whole network into individual ladder circuits and employs the chain rule to reduce the Jacobian matrices into the product of a sequence of derivatives. Thus we can solve the DC power flow iteratively without dealing with large matrices, making it simple and efficient for either manual or computer calculation.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132999374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measurement of the aerodynamic pressures produced by passing trains","authors":"R. MacNeill, S. Holmes, H. Lee","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000094","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes measurement of the aerodynamic pressures produced by a Bombardier High-Speed Nonelectric Locomotive (HSNEL) on an adjacent stationary double-stack freight car. Static pressures are measured on the near and farside faces of the freight containers over a range of locomotive speeds from 60 to 130 mph. This data is also compared with the pressures predicted by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133926243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction of a wheel-rail and wheel-roller contact model for independent wheels in a multibody code","authors":"N. Bosso, A. Somà, A. Gugliotta","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000107","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the introduction of a contact model on multibody codes to simulate both wheel/rail and wheel/roller contact for independent wheel railway vehicle. The contact model has been developed both through external subroutines (used to develop the friction model and the determination of the creepages) and using standard element of the MBS code (used to define the kinematic constraints of the wheel). This model can be introduced in a general railway vehicle model with no limitations: each \"contact element\" so defined can be applied between two bodies of the MBS the one representing the wheel, the other the rail or the roller. It is possible to choose among several algorithms to solve the friction problem: the Fastsim code, the Polach's method, the linearized Kalker method or a simplified analytical method with saturation. It is also possible to perform simulations using constant value for the friction coefficient and for the normal load (fast simulations) or to use a nonlinear law for the friction coefficient and the actual value for the normal load on the wheel. Due to the structure of the code it is possible to change the shape of the wheels profiles during the simulations even if at the moment this features has not been introduced in the code. Finally, in the paper the behavior of a bogie on rail and on a roller is compared.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114495061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Post-collision inspection and data analysis of a passenger rail car","authors":"R. MacNeill, S. Kirkpatrick","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000083","url":null,"abstract":"There is an ongoing research program in the United States to investigate and improve rail equipment crashworthiness. As part of this effort, a series of full-scale rail vehicle crash tests are being performed to investigate the crash response of existing and future rail vehicle designs. The first full-scale test, an impact of a single passenger coach car into a fixed wall, was conducted at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado on November 16, 1999. The test vehicle used was a Pioneer passenger coach car. The test condition was a 35 mph impact into a fixed rigid concrete wall. Collision response data was collected in the test using accelerometers, strain gauges, string potentiometers, and high-speed photography. This paper describes the postmortem documentation and data analysis process. The objective is to develop an understanding of the vehicle collision response and to obtain a consistent correlation of the various sources to data. Specific documentation and data analysis techniques used for the study are described along with key results.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125718055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remote ride quality monitoring of Acela train set performance","authors":"P. Ackroyd, S. Angelo, J. Stevens","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000109","url":null,"abstract":"Federal Track Safety Standards require daily measurements of car body and truck accelerations on trains operating at speeds above 125-mph. In compliance with this requirement, twelve high-speed Acela coaches, operating in the Northeast Corridor between Boston, MA, and Washington DC, have been equipped with remote monitoring systems. The systems provide continuous measurement of car body and truck motions, detect various acceleration events, tag them with GPS time and location information, and deliver the data to central processing stations through wireless communications channels. The central processing stations installed at the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and ENSCO, Inc., headquarters provide e-mail and pager notifications to designated Amtrak officers and also make the data available to them over secure Intranet and Internet connections. The overall architecture has multiple levels of protection and redundancy in order to ensure high reliability and availability of the service. The systems have been in continuous operation for over a year and provided a multitude of valuable information. Examples of system-reported acceleration events include events caused by track irregularities and train handling. The paper also describes some of the real-life operational scenarios and situations that arise when autonomous remote monitoring systems are used, including wireless communications coverage issues, GPS location pitfalls, and maintenance issues.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126228530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multibody simulation of a freight bogie with friction dampers","authors":"N. Bosso, A. Gugliotta, A. Somà","doi":"10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RRCON.2002.1000092","url":null,"abstract":"Freight bogies are often built using a friction element instead of viscous dampers with great advantage regarding cost and maintainability. On the other hand this technical choice leads to low performance of the vehicle. The aim of this work is to evaluate the behaviour of a Y25 freight bogie that is the most diffuse in Europe where friction dampers are used to reduce vertical and hunting vibrations. The purpose is also to improve a bi-dimensional model of friction damper and to test its numerical efficiency on a whole vehicle model in a multibody code.","PeriodicalId":413474,"journal":{"name":"ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122662878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}