Chapter28Track-TrainDynamicsProblemLateralForcesHighCenterofGravityCarsVerticalForcesLoadedandEmptyCarsTypesofLateralMovementLateralBendingandBendingStressLateralMovementTiltorTwistLateralPhenomenaTrainActionDerailmentWheelClimbingRailOverturningBrakeAction–assumesstatusofalongandflexiblebeamincompression,arelativelyunstablestateQuicktake-upofslackinalongtraincanalsoexertlateralpressureTrainAction(Cont’d)ReverseCurves“Chording”theCurveTruckHuntingDerailmentCausesOperatingError(Transportation)MechanicalError(Mechanical)TrackError(Engineering)OraCombinationofAbove~ConductRootCauseAnalysis~L/VRatioRatioofthelateralcomponenttotheverticalcomponentofthewheelload
Asratioincreases,tendencytoderailincreasesLateralSlipLoadApplicationBallastSectionDesignL/VTrackRestraint