| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T21: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Curricular Innovations and Continuous Improvement of Academic Programs (and Satisfying ABET along the Way): The Elizabeth Judson Memorial Symposium
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| Presentation Title |
Optimum Design of Railcar Truck Stand |
| Author(s) |
Balin Shrivastava, Akhil S. Gone, Krishna P. Medishetty, Raghu Echempati |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Balin Shrivastava |
| Abstract Scope |
Car-truck stands which are usually welded together are used during maintenance operations to support one end of a freight car or a commuter car used in railway industry. From a safety perspective, this needs to be designed carefully, but at the same time due to their possible large volume of production, this structure needs to be optimized from strength and cost perspectives besides other parameters such as long life, etc. The purpose of this paper is to conduct virtual experiments for the optimal design and material makeup of different car-truck stand structures using SolidWorks and NX as the CAE tools. The idea is to include this work as a part of a final project in a vehicle analysis course taught at Kettering University. Multi materials using steel and aluminum was also be analyzed. |