Influence of wagon structure on the vertical response of freight.

Historically, wagons have been designed according to the American Association of Railroads specifications. These require that wagons be designed to withstand a static load between the couplers of 350 tons. This implies that the structure has a certain stiffness. In order to improve load to tare rati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loubser, Richard Clive.
Other Authors: Kaczmarczyk, Stefan.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4610