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Title:

Use of Guard/Girder/Restraining Rails
Cover of Use of Guard/Girder/Restraining Rails

Accession Number:

01046078

Record Type:

Monograph

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Preliminary guidelines are provided herein for the application of guard/girder/restraining rails by transit systems in order to improve vehicle curving performance, to reduce risk of flange climb derailment, and to control wheel/rail wear. These guidelines were derived from an investigation of the effects of three-dimensional wheel/guard/girder/restraining rail contact geometry and guard/girder/restraining rail installation parameters--including flangeway width and height, lubrication, track curvatures, track gage, and vehicle types on the wheel/rail forces and wear--through NUCARS® simulations.

Language:

English

Authors:

Shu, Xinggao
Wilson, Nicholas

Pagination:

37p

Publication Date:

2007-4

Serial:

TCRP Research Results Digest

Issue Number: 82
Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (66) ; References (9) ; Tables (9)

Identifier Terms:

NUCARS (Computer program)

Subject Areas:

Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 13 2007 10:06AM