Transportation loads with air versus leaf spring suspensions
Data acquisition equipment was installed on a heavily loaded drop- platform trailer. Accelerations were recorded at various locations on the trailer during a trip from Los Alamos to the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Road conditions varied from paved primary and secondary highways to very rough crushed rock roads at NTS. Data for transient events, such as railroad crossings and bridges, were also recorded. Descriptions of the tractor/trailer configuration, instrumentation, and data analysis techniques are presented. Reduced data are presented in the form of power spectral density plots and response spectra (shock spectra) plots. Finally, recommended load factors for use in designing payloads that are to be transported on heavily loaded trailers are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6936990
- Report Number(s):
- LA-11320-MS; ON: DE88011563
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DATA
DATA ACQUISITION
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
ROAD TESTS
SHOCK ABSORBERS
STATIC LOADS
TESTING
TRAILERS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE TRANSPORTATION