University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Report of stresses in 33 inch cast steel wheels due to heating action of brake shoes for Griffin Wheel Company Chicago Illinois

Wetenkamp, H.R.; Schrader, H.J.

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Title
Report of stresses in 33 inch cast steel wheels due to heating action of brake shoes for Griffin Wheel Company Chicago Illinois
Author(s)
  • Wetenkamp, H.R.
  • Schrader, H.J.
Issue Date
1956-02
Keyword(s)
  • Steel Wheels
  • Brake Shoes
  • Stresses
Abstract
Four new wheels were sent to the University for the investigation. Tests were made by applying brake shoes to the wheel and recording the temperatures and strains developed while the wheel was revolving. Two of the wheels were standard designs with normal plate thickness and two were special thin plate wheels.
Publisher
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. College of Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
  • TAM R 527
  • 1971-8568
ISSN
0073-5264
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
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Copyright 1956 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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