(Worthington Rail) Repeat of Fatigue testing commuter rail car body floor panel assembly

Project Member(s): Halkon, B.

Funding or Partner Organisation: ALSTOM TRANSPORT AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
ALSTOM TRANSPORT AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

Start year: 2022

Summary: Conduct testing of train carbody panel assembly according to Alstom project requirements. Two weeks to set up the room/sample, four weeks to run the first three tests, two weeks to reconfigure the room for the fatigue tests, eight wks to run that (with one week contingency), four weeks for set-down, data curation and collation, processing and reporting. 18 wks total.

Publications:

Halkon, B, Guo, Z & Darwish, A UTS 2022, Fatigue Load Test on Worthington Rail Floor Panels for EM - Final Report, UTS.

FOR Codes: Dynamics, vibration and vibration control, Urban rail infrastructure and networks (incl. light and metro rail)

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