humping loads
humping loads
(OP)
Can anyone give me some information on the quasi-static loads on rail cars due to humping shocks. I have dynamic values, but lack anyu information such as damping coeffs and impact durations, strokes, etc.
My goal here is to calculate the g force applied to cargo.
Thanks,
jetmaker
My goal here is to calculate the g force applied to cargo.
Thanks,
jetmaker
RE: humping loads
Or you could get those G-stickers and put several different ones on a bunch of cars.
Part of the problem is that humping isn't necessarily the biggest shock.
The big shocks come from a long train trying to pick up a lone car out on some siding with a lousy crew.
Or a train running over a hill and having all the slack arrive at the last car.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com