... The Institution were accorded to the Authors. (Paper No. 4902.) (Prom the National Physical Laboratory.) Impact of Wheels on Roads. By FRANKAUQHTIE,Ph.D., M.Sc., REGINALDGEORGE CYRIL BATSONM, . Inst. C.E., and ARTHURFREDERICCHOTQREAVE BROWNB,.Sc. EARLYin 1926 a research was initiated at the National Physical...

... not propose t o refer to the method of test which had been evolved by the Authors for their experiments, which were extremely thorough, and therefore spoke for themselves, but he did suggest that there was still another possible line of attack, namely, by means of a single road wheel either attached through...

... by the fluctuation of the pressure on the rails due to the balance-weights in the driving-wheels of locomotives. It indicates the lines along which it is thought that the investigation shouldbeextended. It suggeststhat thepresent practice of allowing for the effect of dynamic stresses by an impact factor multiplier...

...SIR R HADFIELD; W H R NIMMO; C B NIXON; L W TELLER; J A BUCHANAN; F AUGHTIE; R G C BATSON; A F C BROWN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1934 IMPACT WHEELS ROADS TYRES EXPERIMENTS CARS LOADS SURFACES AXLES VEHICLES PAVEMENTS FAILURES Proc0edingrr.J WHEELS ON ROADS. 87 impact...

... couldbereduced to 20 seconds it would be possible to run forty-five trains per hour with the conditions under which Underground trains worked, and that would mean an increase of 25 per cent. in the capacity of the lines. The Papers by Messrs. Unwin and Graff Baker dealt with questions of wheel-base,wheel...

... of thetrain being flexible, its weight was automaticallydistributed over the girder ; but the service span was rigid, and some means of making sure of distributingthe weight was essential. The weight was therefore carried on forty smallwheels, two in each bay, each wheel being sprung withcalibrated springs...

...R H CABENA; H N COLAM; W J DOAK; W P DURTNALL; R HADFIELD; G E LILLIE; T SWINDEN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1929 LONDON METROPOLITAN RAILWAY KALKA SIMLA RAILWAY MECHANICAL PROPERTIES RAILS STEEL ELASTIC STRESS LOADS WHEELS LOCOMOTIVES FAILURES RESISTANCE ABRASION...

... REPAIRS WORKSHOPS TRACK SWITCH CABINS TRAINS DRIVING BOWS GEARS COACHES CIRCUITS MOTORS TRANSFORMERS BOGIES WHEELS BRAKES BODIES BUILDINGS MACHINERY PLANT BONDING OVERHEAD LINES SAFETY RECONSTRUCTION ALTERNATING CURRENTS ENERGY CONSUMPTION SPEED TESTS ELECTRICITY SUBURBAN...

...A W RENDELL © Thomas Telford and ICE 1922 CONTROL TRAINS WEIGHT SPEED REDUCTION HEADWAY RESISTANCE VELOCITY WHEELS RAILS ACCELERATION DECELERATION FRICTION BRAKES SHOES CYLINDERS PRESSURE ELECTRIC PNEUMATIC EMERGENCIES VACUUM SYSTEMS STOPS 20s ADNISSION OF STUDENTS...

...E CREWDSON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1922 DESIGN IMPULSES WATER TURBINES PERFORMANCE PELTON WHEELS GIRARD BUCKETS VELOCITY NOZZLES BEARINGS GOVERNORS ECONOMISERS TESTS 396 CREVDSOK ON DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF rselectell (Paper No. 4370.) Design and Performance of a New...

... ALTERNATORS WATER CIRCULATION MOTORS SWITCH HOUSES TRANSMISSION HIGH TENSION CURRENTS TRANSFORMERS SUBSTATIONS LOW TRACK CABLES PERMANENT WAY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT SLEEPERS RAILS CONDUCTORS TRAINS ROLLING STOCK MOTORS COACHES WHEELS SHEDS WORKSHOPS POWER GENERATION MAINTENANCE...

...F E GOBEY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1919 LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY METALS ALL METAL PASSENGERS CARS CARRIAGES RAILWAYS ROLLING STOCK MATERIALS SAFETY ACCIDENTS UNDERFRAMES ELECTRIC SEATS FLOORS WEIGHT WHEELS BOGIES BODIES COSTS MAINTENANCE COLLISIONS...

...E L LEEMING © Thomas Telford and ICE 1919 ROADS CORRUGATION HIGHWAYS CORRUGATED PROBLEMS ROLLERS VEHICLES MACADAM PAVING WHEELS TYRES CARS EFFECT GRADIENTS WAVES FORMATION MEASUREMENT WEAR ROADWAVES PAVING WOOD BLOCKS TAR SURFACES PAVEMENTS TARMAC MATERIALS...

... CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATIONS ASPHALT SURFACES WAVES CORRUGATION DEFORMATION VEHICLES TRAFFIC WHEELS EFFECT BITUMEN HIGHWAYS MATERIALS TARMAC DAMAGE TYRES MAINTENANCE PAVEMENTS WEAR ROADWAVES TAR ACTION ROLLING LOADS ATTRITION WOOD PAVING MOVEMENT STRENGTH CORRUGATED DYNAMICS...

... HIGHWAYS WAVES MATERIALS BITUMEN CORRUGATED MACHINERY BITUMINOUS COATINGS EFFECT WHEELS PAVING VEHICLES GROUTING ASPHALT MOVEMENT WOOD BLOCKS RESISTANCE GRANITE CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS PAVEMENTS WEAR SURFACING 168 DISCUSSION ON ROAD CONSTRUCTION. [hlinutes of Discussion. T...

...F WOOD INVESTIGATIONS STRUCTURE ROADS SURFACES FOUNDATIONS WHEELS TYRES MACADAM WEAR TAR PAINTING TARMAC BITUMINOUS MIXTURES BITUMEN GRADING MATERIALS FILM EFFECT WEIGHT SOLIDITY EXPERIMENTS CLINKER WOOD FLOUR SWEEPING REFUSE STREETS 141 WOOD ON THE STRUCTURE...

..., and about 2 . 5 metres (8 feet) long on a planedhardwood bench (Fi!/s.l ) ; upon passing a wooden wheel about 12 inches by 2 inchesover it severaltimes in succession, in onedirection, the lath wasfound t o have moved bodily about 2 millimetres in the direction of travel, the total amountof the latter having...

...H P MILES © Thomas Telford and ICE 1918 CREEP RAILS MOVEMENT RAILWAYS PERMANENT WAY WHEELS LOCOMOTIVES ROLLING STOCK TRACK SLEEPERS FISHPLATES CARRIAGES WAGONS REDUCTION STEEL KEYS TRACK GRADIENTS TEMPERATURE TRAINS Proceedings.] MILES ON CREEP OF RAILS. 243 Creep...

... RAILS CREEP RAILWAYS EXPERIMENTS TRACK TEMPERATURE PERMANENT WAY SLEEPERS ANCHORS FISHPLATES GIRDERS WHEELS LATHS GRADIENTS WEIGHT TRAINS MAINTENANCE REMEDIAL WORKS STEEL STONE BALLAST SPEED UNEVEN ANCHORAGES IMPACT FRICTION CHANGE COEFFICIENTS MOVEMENT TIMBER...

...W C CUSHING © Thomas Telford and ICE 1916 RAILS FAILURES RAILWAYS TESTS DEFECTS BROKEN CARBON WHEELS HEADS BASES WEAR 31s GUSHING ON SOME CAUSES OF RAIL-FAILURE. [Selected " gome Causes of Rail-Failure." By WILLIAY CHANNIKQGUSHING, M. Inst. C.E. THEstudy of rail-design...