Transient operating modes of a locomotive with smooth driving wheels

Abstract

Calculations of modern locomotives with smooth driving wheels are made separately for the conditions of operation in traction and braking modes at the highest loads, when slipping or skidding is especially likely. At train resistance or braking forces, adjacent to zero values, the gravity of the locomotive causes a very large reserve of traction forces, and in the study of these modes was not necessary. Obviously, therefore, it was assumed that the zone of elastic sliding passes through the origin of coordinates.