Research Catalog

Title

Proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference : April 13-15, 1999, Dallas / sponsored by the Rail Transportation Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; the Vehicular Technology Section, Land Transportation Division, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ; edited by John Kingham, Eric Wolf.

Author

Joint ASME/IEEE Railroad Conference (1999 : Dallas, Tex.)

Publication

[New York, New York] : American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; Piscataway, N.J. : IEEE, ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kingham, John.
• Wolf, Eric J.
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Rail Transportation Division.
• Vehicular Technology Society.

Description

[iii], 195 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Series Statement

ASME RTD ; v. 16

Uniform Title

RTD (Series) ; v. 16.

Alternative Title

• 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint Railroad Conference
• Railroad Conference, 1999, proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint.

Subject

• Railroad engineering > Congresses
• Railroads > Safety measures > Congresses
• Railroads > Equipment and supplies > Inspection > Congresses
• Railroad engineering
• Railroads > Equipment and supplies > Inspection
• Railroads > Safety measures

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "IEEE Catalog Number 99CH36340"--verso of T.p.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version.

Contents

Traction Power Corrosion Control on the DART System / Eugene D. Kale -- Energy Management of Traction Power Substations on the DART System / Mark Griffiths / Martin Sanders -- Traction Electrification and NEC Compliance: The Portland Light Rail Experience / Kinh D. Pham / Ralph S. Thomas -- Traction Power Supply for Tri-Met Portland Westside and Hillsboro Light Rail Extensions / Kinh D. Pham / Ralph S. Thomas -- Distortion and Power Factor of Non-linear Loads / T.A. Kneschke -- Design of Grounding Systems for Tri-Met Portland Westside Light Rail Traction Power Substations / Kinh D. Pham / Ralph S. Thomas -- Optimal Commitment of Frequency Converter Units for Railway Power Supply / Magnus Olofsson -- Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Modifications Study / David Tyrell / Kristine Severson / Brian Marquis / [and others] -- Investigation and Simulation of Lateral Buckling in Trains / Ronald Mayville / Robert Rancatore / Lisa Tegeler -- Development of a Rail Vehicle Crush Zone / Richard Stringfellow / Ronald Mayville / Robert Rancatore / [and others] -- Measurement of Air Flow Past Freight Trains Travelling Through Long Tunnels / J.A. Karloff / R.A. Arnold / W.N. Weins / [and others] -- A New Masters Course in Railway Traction / R. John Hill / A. Fisher / R. O'Callaghan -- Software Safety -- How do we Know it is Safe? / Ian B. Pirie -- Low Speed Magnetic Levitation Vehicle in the USA / Radovan Sarunac -- An Experimental Evaluation of the Effect of Rail Vehicles Truck Suspensions on Wheel-Rail Forces / Mehdi Ahmadian / Darris L. White -- A Study on Measuring Rail-Wheel Contact Points of Running Railway Vehicles / Takehiko Fujioka / Hiromichi Kanehara -- Filtering Effects of Mid-Cord Offset Measurements on Track Geometry Data / Mehdi Ahmadian -- Progress in Railway Mechanical Engineering -- 1997-1998 Survey -- Locomotives / A.C. Bieber -- Effect of Brake-System Components on Wheel Spalling / Daniel Stone / Carl Bachhuber / Frederick Carlson.

ISBN

• 0780355334
• 9780780355330
• 0780355342
• 9780780355347
• 0780355350
• 9780780355354

LCCN

90644036

OCLC

• ocm41256046
• 41256046
• SCSB-577178

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library