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Railway Technology

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By: Alex Gaston
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Decks in this class (20)

C - Construction
From top to bottom list the struc...,
What is the purpose of the rails,
What is the purpose of the pads
9  cards
A - Trackbed Maintenance
What maintenance is required,
Briefly explain the process of ta...,
What is two advantages of tamping
12  cards
C - Trackbed Evaluation
What is measured using the new me...,
What can a visual inspection find,
What are trial pits used for
7  cards
B - Ballast, Fundamental Properties
What causes particles to re orien...,
What is the approximate value of ...,
What is the key form of deformati...
7  cards
A - Ballast, Contamination
What are the causes of ballast fo...,
What is the main problem with fou...,
What can reduce ballast fouling
3  cards
C - Substructure
Explain the concept of track vari...,
What are the properties of a rapi...,
Why is drainage of a rail system ...
7  cards
A - Analysis, Beam on Elastic Foundation
What is the curvature equation,
What is the equation for moment,
In the equation for deflection wh...
4  cards
B - Analysis, Klingel Motion and Hunting
What is hunting
1  cards
C - Analysis, Vertical Dynamics
0  cards
B - Analysis, Thermal Effects and Cornering
What force can cause a train to o...,
What is the formula for lateral a...,
What is a cant
5  cards
B - Rails, Stress Analysis, Sleepers/Fastenings and Switches and Crossings
Name three types of fastening system,
What do fastening systerms do,
What is the function of the sleep...
11  cards
A - Rails, Fatigue and Deformation
0  cards
A - Alternative Track, Track forms
What are the advantages and disad...,
When do problems occur with the t...,
What is a ladder track and what m...
12  cards
B - Alternative Track, LRT
What is a lrt,
What is the function of an lrt,
What rail shape is used in light ...
4  cards
A - Alignment, Curves
How do you calculate lateral acce...,
What percentage of gravity is an ...,
Apart from passenger discomfort l...
8  cards
C - Alignment, Vertical Alignment
0  cards
B - Other Issues, Signalling and Control
How do control boxes know where t...,
What is 2 aspect signalling,
What is 3 or 4 aspect signalling
8  cards
Sub-ballast/Subgrade
What affects the behaviour of any...,
Compare ballast on a stiff suppor...,
What should be added to track if ...
7  cards
Vertical Dynamics & Hunting
How did rails and wheel design di...,
Why did the change in rail wheel ...,
What is hunting
4  cards
Rail Fracture
Why will a crack spend most of it...,
Why is it important to detect sma...,
What is the cracking mechanism in...
4  cards

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