Dynamic tests : investigations to establish design accelerations for static design of cargo securing arrangements for intermodal rail transports
Publication details: Höganäs MariTerm AB, 2014Description: 44 sSubject(s): Online resources: Abstract: The basic design accelerations for road and intermodal rail transports are currently not the same, which is an unfavourable situation for intermodal traffic. The question has therefore been raised whether cargo securing arrangements designed according to the road principles also can withstand the accelerations that may occur during an intermodal rail transport. To establish whether the current accelerations are sufficient also for the design of securing arrangements for combined rail transports, it was decided jointly by UIC, UIRR and MariTerm AB on a meeting at UIC in Paris 2014-02-27, that dynamic test transports between selected terminals in Europe should carried out jointly as part of the European project Destiny.The basic design accelerations for road and intermodal rail transports are currently not the same, which is an unfavourable situation for intermodal traffic. The question has therefore been raised whether cargo securing arrangements designed according to the road principles also can withstand the accelerations that may occur during an intermodal rail transport. To establish whether the current accelerations are sufficient also for the design of securing arrangements for combined rail transports, it was decided jointly by UIC, UIRR and MariTerm AB on a meeting at UIC in Paris 2014-02-27, that dynamic test transports between selected terminals in Europe should carried out jointly as part of the European project Destiny.