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A cool engineering vid by a young man named Mark R..
Especially if you like dominos, lol..
Teddy
Especially if you like dominos, lol..
Teddy
This conical design will significantly increase the wear of the rails... and the rails will try to roll outward due to the angular loading.
I'm wondering if this isn't a solution, to something that isn't a problem?
The train wheel video isn't proposing something new, he's just explaining how existing train wheels (which are conical) work, and have worked for centuries now. Pretty simple and cool.
The train wheel video isn't proposing something new, he's just explaining how existing train wheels (which are conical) work, and have worked for centuries now. Pretty simple and cool.
It's hard to get fancy with train components when typical loaded freight cars might weigh as much as 100+ tons each and a modern locomotive weighs in at 400,000 lbs.The train wheel video isn't proposing something new, he's just explaining how existing train wheels (which are conical) work and have worked for centuries now. Pretty simple and cool.
I'm wondering if this isn't a solution, to something that isn't a problem?
Exactly. The problem doesn't exist because it was solved so long ago, and this has always been the solution. There's a squealing noise you've undoubtedly heard when the wheel flanges come into contact with the rails and become the thing holding the train on the track. But you only hear it now and then because of the self-centering effect of conical wheels on crowned rails; the flanges rarely touch.The train wheel video isn't proposing something new, he's just explaining how existing train wheels (which are conical) work, and have worked for centuries now. Pretty simple and cool.
The conacity (yes, that's the industry term) varies quite a bit from one application to another, such as intercity/commuter, subway/heavy rail, light rail, different authorities using different heritage systems, etc.Well, interesting I never knew that. From looking at drawings on the web however it is a very slight taper... nothing at all like what the above video shows.
There's a squealing noise you've undoubtedly heard when the wheel flanges come into contact with the rails and become the thing holding the train on the track. But you only hear it now and then because of the self-centering effect of conical wheels on crowned rails; the flanges rarely touch.
This man is just absolutely awesome..
The utter literal definition of an entrepreneur..
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Hahahahaha..
Man,, the folks at Boston Dynamics have just a wonderful sense of humor while they're doing the mostest amazing things..
I guess this is at this point just a matter of programming, but it's still really funny..
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