Title :
Field demonstrations of two prototype high-speed tribometers
Author :
Reiff, Richard ; Cooke, Joy
Author_Institution :
Transp. Technol. Center Inc., Pueblo, CO, USA
Abstract :
Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), operated two high-speed tribometer (HST) prototypes on five revenue railroad sites to evaluate their ability to collect friction data in the field. TTCI initially tested these prototypes for basic operating, safety and data collection performance under closed loop conditions at the Federal Railroad Administration´s Transportation Technology Center (TTC), Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Keywords :
friction; mechanical contact; mechanical variables measurement; railways; tribology; USA; closed loop conditions; field demonstrations; friction data collection; high-speed tribometers; operating performance; railroads; safety performance; Design engineering; Friction; Lubrication; Prototypes; Rail transportation; Railway engineering; Railway safety; Technical Activities Guide -TAG; Testing; Tribology;
Conference_Titel :
Railroad Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5533-4
DOI :
10.1109/RRCON.1999.762418
