Accession Number:

ADA056995

Title:

Cargo Restraint Criteria for Rail Transportation

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

MILITARY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COMMAND FALLS CHURCH VA

Personal Author(s):

• Kennedy, Robert

Report Date:

1978-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

39.0

Abstract:

This report discusses criteria for cargo restraint and cargo tiedown for the forces resulting from the rail transportation environment. The report covers methods for calculating the restraint forces for a broad range of cargo railcar combinations. Use of these methods will improve accuracy of restraint criteria and, in turn, will improve reliability of cargo restraints and reduce costs consequent to restraint overdesign.

Descriptors:

• *RAIL TRANSPORTATION
• *RESTRAINT
• *CARGO HANDLING
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• RAILROADS
• COMPUTATIONS
• REDUCTION
• COSTS
• RELIABILITY
• FORCE(MECHANICS)

Subject Categories:

• Surface Transportation and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE