University of Illinois Bulletin No.32: Highspeed freight train resistance : its relation to average car weight

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Accession number

09-0762

Maker

John K. Tuthill

Description

Introduction / preliminary statement / purpose and scope of bulletin / acknowledgments / summary and conclusions / methods employed in conducting the tests / test conditions and train data - trains tested - track - weather conditions / methods employed in calculating results - general process - specific methods - general considerations - derivation of the resistance curves / results of tests - effect of car weight on resistance - results expressed as resistance-speed curves, tabular form, equations / discussion of results - variations in resistance of different trains - verification of previous experiments / tonnage records of the trains / the track / methods employed in calculating results / results of the individual tests / incomplete curves / coordinates for the curves of figs. 4 and 5.

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Physical description

80 pages : diagrams, tables ; 23 cm

Credit line

John K. Tuthill. Jan 1948. University of Illinois Bulletin No.32: Highspeed freight train resistance : its relation to average car weight, 09-0762. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Production place

Urbana Illinois United States of America North America Americas

Subject: all levels

Curves and turnouts Railroads Railroad freight cars Freight New Zealand Speed Trains

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Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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