University of Illinois Bulletin No.32: Highspeed freight train resistance : its relation to average car weight
Maker and role
John K. Tuthill, Author
Production date
Jan 1948
Object detail
Accession number
09-0762
Maker
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.
Media/Materials
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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