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TN-DYN-52

A SURVEY OF CREEP

HOBBS A

04/01/1967

TN-DT-2

POWER SPECTRA OF TRACK ROUGHNESS OBTAINED FROM THE APT SURVEY

POLLARD M G

10/01/1969

TN-TSO-2

THE CALCULATION OF TRACK FORCES DUE TO DIPPED RAIL JOINTS,WHEEL -FLATS AND RAIL WELDS

LYON D

02/01/1972

TN-ADH-1

OUTDOOR STUDY OF EFFECTS OF INSULATING RUST FILMS ON TRACK CIRCU ITS

KENDALL K;ZOBEL FGR

03/01/1972

TN-FT-2

HIGH SPEED STAGE II STILTON FEN TRIALS

LONGWORTH W P

03/01/1972

TN-TS-5

MEASUREMENTS OF DYNAMIC LOADS AT A DIPPED RAIL JOINT,WRINEHILL 1 971 - COMPARISON OF RESILIENT AND CONVENTIONAL WHEELS

LYON D;FURTADO JJ

05/01/1972

TN-TRIB-1

A BASIC STUDY OF WHEEL/RAIL ABRASION. 4.LAB.SIMULATOR RIGS

BEAGLEY TM;JACKSON DC;PRITCHARD C;SEWELL JDW

11/01/1972

TN-TS-14

MEASUREMENTS OF DYNAMIC LOADS AT A DIPPED RAIL JOINT,CHEDDINGTON

LYON D;FURTADO JJ

05/01/1973

TN-FM-42

LIMITING CRITERIA FOR SMALL WHEELED FREIGHT VEHICLES ON BR EXISTING TRACK AXLELOADS, WHEEL DIAMETERS & OPERATING SPEEDS

Anonymous

10/01/1973

TN-TRIB-7

WHEEL/RAIL WEAR.FUNDAMENTALS OF FLANGE WEAR AND LUBRICATION

BEAGLEY TM

02/01/1974

TM-DOS-12

PASSENGER VEHICLE DERAILMENT TEST AT DOVER

HOWARTH PJ

04/01/1974

TN-FM-58

RAIL CORRUGATIONS-SOME METALLURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

HODDINOTT D

02/01/1975

TM-DOS-20

APT-E TRAIN VEHICLE DYNAMICS TESTS ON THE MIDLAND MAIN LINE DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1974

SMITH BL

06/01/1975

TN-T-1

THE EFFECT OF LATERAL LOADS ON TRACK MOVEMENT

FREDERICK CO

07/01/1975

TM-DOS-21

APT-E TRAIN HIGH CANT DEFICIENCY TESTS CARRIED OUT ON THE MIDLAND MAIN LINE ON THE 28TH APRIL 1975

SMITH BL

08/01/1975

TM-SM-36

THE MOVEMENT OF TRACK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF TRAINS

JOHNSON HK

12/01/1975

TN-DA-37

RESULTS OF THE 1975 CURVING TESTS WITH HSFV1 IN CORNWALL

GOSTLING R J

03/01/1976

TN-DA-38

APT - E CURVING TES

TROUP R M

04/01/1976

TM-DA-18

CURVING TESTS WITH APT-E COMPARISON BETWEEN MEASURED RESULTS AND LINEAR CURVING THEORY

GOSTLING RJ

09/01/1976

TM-DOS-56

VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS AND PASSENGER COMFORT

POLLARD MG

01/01/1977

TN-SM-144

THE EFFECT OF AXLE LOAD ON THE VERTICAL SETTLEMENT OF TRACK

PENNYCOOK TS

04/01/1977

TM-DOS-46

COMPARISON OF LATERAL H FORCE AND RIDE DATA ON THE MIDLAND MAIN LINE (CRICKLEWOOD TO LEICESTER) BETWEEN TRESTROL VEHICLE etc

SMITH BL

08/01/1977

TM-DOS-50

LABORATORY DYNAMIC TESTS ON THE LAB.1 VEHICLE FITTED WITH LC1 BOGIES PART1

RICE SP;LARKAM RP;REMEDIOS NC;

08/01/1977

TN-T-2

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAFFIC AND TRACK DAMAGE - THE EFFECT O F VERTICAL LOADS

FREDERICK CO;NEWTON SG

08/01/1977

TM-DOS-48

APT-E TRAIN HIGH SPEED TEST RUNS ON THE L.M.MAIN LINE FROM ST. PANCRAS TO LEICESTER ON THE 27, 29 AND 30 OCTOBER,1975.

SMITH BL

09/01/1977

TM-DOS-53

LABORATORY DYNAMIC TESTS ON THE LAB.1 VEHICLE FITTED WITH LC1 BOGIES. PART 2

LARKAM RP;REMEDIOS NC;RICE SP;

09/01/1977

TN-DA-48

A GENERAL QUASI-STATIC CURVING THEORY FOR RAIL VEHICLES

GOSTLING R J;ELKINS J A

10/01/1977

TM-DOS-54

STUDIES OF THE DYNAMICS OF VEHICLES WITH CROSS-BRACED BOGIES

POLLARD MG

11/01/1977

TM-DOS-55

COMPARISON OF PANTOGRAPH AND BODY ACCELERATIONS...

WESTCOTT DA

11/01/1977

TM-DA-27

EFFECT OF TRACTION OR BRAKING ON CURVING PERFORMANCE

TROUP RM

10/01/1978

TM-DOS-65

CROSS-BRACED BOGIE CURVING TESTS IN NORTH WALES

ILLINGWORTH R

10/01/1978

TN-TRIB-13

THE WEAR OF LOW TEMPERATURE NITRIDED STEELS UNDER DIFFERENT WEAR  PROCESSES

WILLIAMSON PK

12/01/1979

TN-SM-150

THE BEHAVIOUR OF CURVES ON THE WEST COAST MAIN LINE - CARNFORTH TO CARLISLE.REPORT ON LATERAL DISPLACEMENT

POWELL MC;MATHARU MS

01/01/1980

TN-DA-49

CURVING TESTS WITH LABORATORY COACH I ON THE BLAENAU BRANCH

GOSTLING R J;EICKHOFF B M

02/01/1980

TM-DA-29

ADVANCES IN NON-LINEAR WHEEL/RAIL FORCE PREDICTION METHODS AND THEIR VALIDATION

ELKINS JA;EICKHOFF BM

04/01/1980

TM-DA-35

THE BR LOAD MEASURING WHEEL

POCKLINGTON AR

02/01/1981

TM-DA-36

NON-LINEAR QUASI-STATIC CURVING THEORY FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES WITH COUPLED BOGIES AND TWO-POINT CONTACT INTERACTION BETWEEN etc

PIOTROWSKI J

02/01/1981

TM-TM-3

THE LATERAL `STRENGTH' OF TRACK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF VEHICLE FORCES

JOHNSON HK

04/01/1981

TM-DA-39

MEASUREMENT OF WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT FORCES AT A SELECTION OF SWITCHES & CROSSINGS USING HSFV1 EQUIPPED WITH LOAD MEASURING >

CLARK RA

05/01/1981

TM-DA-41

CURVING PERFORMANCE OF THE BP25 BOGIE

CLARK RA

08/01/1981

TM-WRI-4

CURVING WITH TWO POINT WHEEL/RAIL CONTACT - COMPARISON OF THEORETICAL RESULTS.

PIOTROWSKI J

10/01/1981

TM-DA-42

PREDICTION OF THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF VEHICLES TO LATERAL TRACK IRREGULARITIES

CLARK RA;EICKHOFF BM;HUNT GA;

01/01/1983

TM-ID-9

A PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENT TO INVESTIGATE COMPARISONS BETWEEN TRACK QUALITY INDICES AND RIDE QUALITY INDICES

LEWIS RB

02/01/1983

TM-DA-44

PREDICTING TRANSIENT RESPONSE OF VEHICLES TO TRACK WITH KNOWN LATERAL & VERTICAL ALIGNMENTS

CLARK RA;EICKHOFF BM

04/01/1983

TM-DOS-135

CURVING PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS. COMPARISON OF A STANDARD AND A MODIFIED CLASS 37 LOCOMOTIVE ON THE WEST HIGHLAND LINE

PENNINGTON KW

10/01/1983

TM-WRI-11

THEORETICAL CREEP COEFFICIENTS DERIVED FROM MEASURED WHEEL AND RAIL PROFILES

NATH R;ROSE KA

12/01/1983

TM-DA-47

A STUDY OF THE NEED TO CONTINUE GAUGE WIDENING IN CURVES

ILLINGWORTH R

01/01/1984

TM-WRI-9

THE INFLUENCE OF RAIL SIDEWEAR ON DERAILMENTS

ROSE KA

02/01/1984

TM-SAV-13

COMPARISON OF GROUND VIBRATION FROM FREIGHT VEHICLES: CROSS- BRACED BOGIE TESTS AT REARSBY

DAVIES J M

05/01/1984

TM-VTI-005

A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF TRACK CANT ON SLOW SPEED CURVING BEHAVIOUR OF FREIGHT VEHICLES

THOMPSON M;HARVEY RF

11/01/1984

TM-VTI-011

THE BEHAVIOUR OF A 3-AXLE LOCOMOTIVE BOGIE ON SHARP CURVES - A COMPARISON OF THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

GOLDNEY IM

04/01/1985

TM-VTI-013

A DESIGN CASE TRACK IRREGULARITY FOR THEORETICAL PREDICTION OF DYNAMIC LATERAL TRACK FORCES

ILLINGWORTH R;CLARK RA

04/01/1985

TM-VTI-012

THE MEASUREMENT OF THE CONTACT AREA BETWEEN OPAQUE OBJECTS UNDER STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS

POOLE W

06/01/1985

TM-VTI-014

CLASS 56 RESPONSE VALIDATION EXPERIMENT

TROUP RM

06/01/1985

TM-VTI-020

MEASURED FORCE-CREEPAGE RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR USE IN VEHICLE RESPONSE CALCULATIONS

PEARCE TG;ROSE KA

01/01/1986

TR-DOS-038

PASSENGER COMFORT DURING HIGH SPEED CURVING SUMMARY  REPORT

HARBOROUGH PR

05/01/1986

TM-PBS-103

REVIEW OF WHEEL/RAIL FORCE,MACRO-CREEP RELATIONSHIPS DURING BRAKING REPORTED BY BR,SNCF & DB UP TO MID-1985

THOMPSON MA

05/01/1986

TM-VDY-001

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEAR NUMBER AND WHEEL/RAIL WEAR IN THE LABORATORY AND THE FIELD.

HARVEY RF;McEWEN IJ

06/01/1986

TM-VTI-025

THE EFFECT OF TRACK CANT ON RAIL WEAR

HARVEY RF

06/01/1986

TM-VTI-027

ESTIMATION OF GRINDING LENGTH REQUIRED TO BLEND SIDEWORN RAIL INTO NEW RAIL ON CURVES

SOUTHWOOD AJ

06/01/1986

TM-VDY-004

INTERPRETATION OF WHEEL/RAIL WEAR NUMBERS

McEWEN IJ;HARVEY RF

07/01/1986

TM-VDY-006

A VALIDATION EXPERIMENT FOR ANGLE OF ATTACK LIMITS ON OBTUSE CROSSINGS

SCOTT G A

09/01/1986

TM-VDY-003

MEASURED WHEEL-RAIL FORCES THROUGH SWITCH DIAMONDS AND SWING NOSE CROSSINGS

TROUP R M

11/01/1986

TM-VDY-005

TNRP VALIDATION EXPERIMENT WITH HSFV-1 ON SHALLOW LATERAL TRACK IRREGULARITIES

TROUP RM

02/01/1987

TM-VDY-011

LONG WAVELENGTH TRACK ALIGNMENT PSD'S

NICHOLAS G.T.R.;TROUP R.M.

06/01/1987

TM-VDY-012

THE EXAMINATION & COMPARISON OF RIDE COMFORT OF SEVERAL PASSENGER VEHICLES IN RELATION TO SPEED & TRACK CATEGORIES

POOL W.

01/01/1988

TM-VDY-017

A MECHANISM FOR THE FORMATION OF SHORT WAVELENGTH RAIL CORRUGATIONS BASED ON SLIP STICK VIBRATIONS

SCOTT G A;CLARK R A;POOLE W;

01/01/1988

TM-CES-098

GAUGE SPREADING TESTS A SUMMARY OF WORK CARRIED OUT DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS ON RUNNING LINE TRACK OF VARIOUS AGES,TYPES ETC.

LINDSAY D.

03/01/1988

TM-SAV-022

ANALYSIS OF CURVE SQUEAL NOISE FROM A CLASS 150 SPRINTER UNIT ON THE LLANDUDNO TO BLAENAU FFESTINIOG LINE

THOMPSON D.J.;JONES C.J.C.;MOULT G.R.;

03/01/1988

TM-VDY-022

RAIL HEADS AND THEIR EFFECT ON VEHICLE RIDE

PEARCE TG

07/01/1988

TM-VDY-024

MEASURED WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT FORCES PRODUCED BY LOCOMOTIVE 56042 AT A SELECTION OF SWITCHES AND CROSSINGS

CLARK RA

08/01/1988

VDYN 49

THEORETICAL EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF INDEPENDENTLY ROTATING WHEELS ON THE CURVING BEHAVIOUS OF CLASS 142 VEHICLES

B M EICKHOFF, D M PEAT

08/01/1988

TM-VDY-031

TESTING OF LABORATORY COACH 1 FITTED WITH INDEPENDENTLY ROTATING WHEELS, OLD DALBY TEST TRACK AND BUXTON

HARVEY RF

07/01/1989

TM-VDY-34

A THEORETICAL MANUAL OF RAILWAY VEHICLE DYNAMICS PART A. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

EICKHOFF B M

07/01/1989

TM-VDY-033

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PASSENGER COMFORT AND VEHICLE BODY ACCELERATIONS

POOLE W

08/01/1989

TM-MF-181

ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (SQUAT) SITE TRIALS AT CARPENDERS PARK AND CHEDDINGTON

ALLERY M B P;PELL G M

10/01/1989

TM-VDY-035

VALIDATION EXPERIMENT ON THEORIES RELATING TO TRACK GEOMETRY TO PASSENGER RIDE

W POOLE;R M TROUP

01/01/1990

TM-VDY-037

AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF REDUCED TRACK TAMPING ON SPRINTER VEHICLE MAINTENANCE

R W CHRISTIAN

02/01/1990

TM-VDY-039

INDEPENDENTLY ROTATING WHEELS - INTERIM REPORT ON THEORETICAL STUDIES

B M EICKHOFF

03/01/1990

VDYN 154

TRACK FORCES FROM FREIGHT VEHICLES - CALCULATIONS FOR RIFTS

B M EICKHOFF

03/01/1990

TM-TM-52

OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPTIMISING THE COSTS OF THE FREIGHT VEHICLE TRACK SYSTEM A CASE STUDDY BASED UPON 25.1/2 TONNE AXLELOAD

P W WISEMAN

04/01/1990

TM-VDY-46

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RIDE AND BOGIE CONDITION

R CHRISTIAN;W POOLE

05/01/1990

TM-VDY-48

THE APPLICATION OF INDEPENDENTLY ROTATING WHEELS TO RAILWAY VEHICLES

B M EICKHOFF

05/01/1990

VDYN 200

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VEHICLE PARAMETERS AND TRACK DAMAGE REPAIR COSTS

L T JAMES

09/01/1990

TM-MF-202

DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW CONTACT STRESS RAIL PROFILE

R SMALLWOOD

11/01/1990

VDYN 256

AXLELOAD LIMITS FOR 2-AXLE WAGONS

B L SMITH, B M EICKHOFF

02/01/1991

RR-VS-1

EFFECTS OF CREEP FORCE AND WHEEL ROUGHNESS ON THE OPERATION OF LOW VOLTAGE DC TRACK CIRCUITS

ARMSTRONG DS

03/01/1991

TM-MF-211

DEVELOPMENT OF A FAILURE PARAMETER FOR RAIL SQUATS

SINCLAIR JC;ALLERY MBP

03/01/1991

VDYN 286

PASSENGER COMFORT: A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF VERTICAL AND LATERAL ACCELERATIONS ON DRINKING AND SPILLAGE

W  POOLE

04/01/1991

VDYN 288

PASSENGER COMFORT: A STUDY OF JOURNEY AVERAGE ASSESSMENTS OF VEHICLE RIDE

W POOLE

04/01/1991

RR-MF-8

DEVELOPING A RAIL CORRUGATION THEORY FOR BRITISH RAIL STRAIGHT TRACK

SINCLAIR JC

07/01/1991

RR-MF-014

EFFECT OF LOCAL RAIL HEAD CORROSION ON DYNAMIC FORCES IN RAILS

A S WATSON

11/01/1991

RR-MF-22

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY OF THE SMALL CREEPAGE RAIL CORRUGATION THEORY

SINCLAIR JC

03/01/1992

RR-MF-052

COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF THREE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE SIDEWEAR ON RAIL CURVES

M BENSON

03/01/1993