TY - JOUR A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Hurtado-Hurtado, G. ED - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - A Conceptual Design of a Self-Centering Centre Plate N2 - Turning maneuvers originate higher forces exerted on the rail and the loss of locomotive energy, at a rate that is function of several parameters that influence the magnitude of the developed horizontal wheel-rail forces, including the friction at the centre plate and the bogie´s yaw stiffness. However, such a friction at the contact surfaces of the centre plate is needed to mitigate the Hunting phenomenon when the train moves on straight track segments. In this paper, a self-centering centre plate is proposed, consisting of a lubricated centre plate, equipped with a spring- and damper-based self-centering mechanism. Simulation results of the proposed mechanism suggest that the energy performance in turns of a train car equipped with such self-centering centre plate is comparatively better, as the peak friction forces linked to the dry friction at the contact surfaces of current centre plate designs, are avoided. The assessment of the hunting performance of the proposed device in straight track segments is proposed as the continuation of this work. KW - Bogie´s yaw stiffness KW - Bogie´s yaw friction KW - Centre plate KW - Self-centering mechanism KW - Turning PY - 2020 UR - https://publications.waset.org/aerospace-and-mechanical-engineering SN - 1307-6892 VL - 14 IS - 9 SP - 376 EP - 382 AN - OPUS4-51241 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Sklorz, Christian A1 - Martínez Madrid, M. T1 - Quasistatic rollover threshold of atmospheric road tankers N2 - Several geometrical analytical tools can be used for assessing the potential benefits of any alternative tank shape. The quasistatic evaluation of the cargo-vehicle behavior represents a fast way to objectively determine the roll stability benefits of any potentially new tank shape. In this paper, the geometrical, quasistatic rollover performance of a convex bottom tank shape is compared with that of standard tank shapes, finding that in spite of the lower position of the cargo´s center of gravity in such a tank shape for the un-perturbed condition, it has the same performance as the elliptical tank shape when subjected to Steady lateral acceleration. That as a result of the large cargo´s lateral displacement. Consequently, the combination of a lower center of gravity for the cargo when it is not perturbed, and a Minimum lateral shift due to lateral accelerations inputs, define the conditions for an ideal tank shape. T2 - CONIIN 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 28.09.2020 KW - Tank shape KW - Road tankers KW - Center of gravity shifting KW - Quasistatic KW - Convex bottom KW - Geometrical analysis PY - 2020 SP - 1 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-51388 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Forces on rails in turns: A review N2 - Curves represent a demanding situation for the railway materials. The different levels of effects are Bogie “Adaptation”, Centre plate Friction and Longitudinal load transfer. Besides rail damage and safety effects, the kinetic energy is lost due to turning. T2 - CONIIN CY - Online meeting DA - 28.09.2020 KW - Forces KW - Rail KW - Turns PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51384 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Quasistatic rollover threshold of atmospheric road tankers N2 - On the other hand, it was found that the quasistatic rollover threshold of a circular tank, does not depend on the fill level, namely, it is only determined by the position of the support and the diameter of the tank T2 - CONIIN 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 28.09.2020 KW - Quasistatic KW - Atmospheric KW - Road KW - Tankers PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51385 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Jauregui-Correa, J. C. A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. A1 - Hurtado-Hurtado, G. T1 - Determination of the effect of sloshing on the railcar-track dynamic behavior N2 - Liquid cargo has a significant impact on the interface wheel-track interaction. The sloshing affects the track-railcar's dynamic behavior. The effect is detectable at the track level and at the vehicle. Its characterization requires the combination of different techniques: Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) Time-Frequency Maps Sloshing occurred when significant perturbations happened in the railcar: The railcar entered a curve Reduction in its travel speed A railcar with a tank is a clear example of a multibody dynamic system with a nonlinear behavior. T2 - 7th International Symposium on Multibody Systems and Mechatronics - MuSMe 2021 CY - Córdoba, Argentina DA - 12.10.2021 KW - Liquid cargo KW - Wheel-track interaction KW - Sloshing affects KW - Vehicle PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53572 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - A testing facility to assess railway car infrastructure damage N2 - A testing device and respective procedure have been proposed to assess the railway damage potentials of the railway cars The operational principles of the device consist of simple physical phenomena. Outputs from a preliminary test suggest that the device could have a good sensitivity. T2 - COMPRAIL 2020 - 17th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design & Operation 2020 CY - Online meeting DA - 01.07.2020 KW - Wheel rail forces KW - Friction PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51127 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bradley, Ian A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Scarponi, G. E. A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. ED - Ao, S.-I. ED - Kim, H. K. ED - Amouzegar, M. A. T1 - Boiling and thermohydraulics within pressure vessels N2 - Exposure of pressure vessels to fire can result in catastrophic explosion and escalation of accidents. The safe transportation of cargo in pressure vessels therefore requires knowledge of what will happen to the cargo in the event of a vehicle derailment or rollover resulting in fire exposure. The chapter presents an overview of selected testing and modelling work undertaken to understand the thermohydraulic processes within a vessel that drive pressurization during fire. A series of experiments highlighting the importance of adequate design and selection of protection systems are summarized. It is concluded that pressure relief alone is typically insufficient to prevent vessel rupture, but the combination of relief and thermal coatings can be effective. KW - BLEVE KW - Explosion KW - LPG KW - PIV KW - Pressure vessel KW - Thermohydraulics PY - 2020 SN - 978-981-15-6847-3 SN - 978-981-15-6848-0 DO - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6848-0_13 SP - 158 EP - 172 PB - Springer Nature CY - Singapore AN - OPUS4-51138 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. A1 - Otremba, Frank ED - Zobory, I. T1 - Conceptual design of an active centre plate N2 - The efficiency and safety of railway transportation depend both on numerous factors linked to the vehicle, the infrastructure, the operator and the environment. Curved tracks are subjected to demanding situations due to elevated stress levels, as a function of the operating conditions and vehicle/infrastructure design. In such segments, steering forces are superimposed to lateral load transfers. The steering forces depend on the condition and the design of the centre plate and bogies’ suspensions design. While the friction at the centre plate provides the needed damping to mitigate the hunting vibration of the bogie in straight track segments, such yaw resistance originates high steering forces and rail damage on curved tracks. A centre plate with low friction at turns and high friction at straight track segments would thus be highly advantageous. In this paper, a centre plate design is proposed which provides a yaw-rotation resistance torque that depends on the bogie-car relative position. Two different designs are considered for that purpose, one that combines a spring-acted centring mechanism with a lower pair kinematics, while the other one involves higher kinematic pairs which should incorporate lateral damping elements. As a result of using an engineering design approach, the higher kinematic pairs-based design is recommended however, the validation of such operational principles, including the introduction of the needed damping, should be configured on the basis of experimental models. T2 - 11th International Conference on Railway Bogies and Running Gears CY - Budapest, Hungary DA - 09.09.2019 KW - Steering torques KW - Railway transportation KW - Bogie design KW - Conceptual design KW - Engineering design KW - Transport externalities PY - 2020 SN - 978-963-9058-42-2 SP - 77 EP - 86 PB - Scientific Society of Mechanical Engineers (SSME/GTE) CY - Budapest AN - OPUS4-54086 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Experimental modeling of railway car wheel-forces during turning N2 - An experimental testing rig has been proposed to study the dynamic interaction between a liquid cargo and the carrying vehicle during turning maneuvers. The basic operational principle of the testing rig consists in simulating the lateral accelerations associated to turning maneuvers through the use of a tilt table. While the experimental capabilities of the testing rig include the analysis of the effects of the cars on the whole transport infrastructure, including sleepers and ballast, a first use of the rig considered the effect of sloshing cargo on the level of dynamic forces transmitted to the rails. Such test was used to validate a simplified theoretical approach consisting of a two degree-of-freedom double pendulum mechanical system, where a simple pendulum, representing the sloshing cargo, is articulated to the spring-supported vehicle chassis, which is modelled as an inverted torsional pendulum. While the theoretical results exhibit a high correlation with the experimental data, the main discrepancy between both outputs, relates with the frequency of the residual vibration, once the lateral acceleration input is ceased. Such difference in frequency, would imply an underestimation of the number of loading cycles to which the infrastructure is subjected. On the other hand, the peak values are within acceptable difference levels. T2 - IEEE/ASME Joint Rail Conference CY - Snowbird, Utah, USA DA - 09.04.2019 KW - Railway KW - Wheel-forces KW - Turning PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - ASME AN - OPUS4-47880 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Experimental modeling of railway car wheel-forces during turning N2 - An improved mathematical model is required. Three degree of freedom system. T2 - IEEE/ASME Joint Rail Conference CY - Snowbird, Utah, USA DA - 09.04.2019 KW - Railway KW - wheel-forces KW - turning PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47881 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. ED - Otremba, Frank ED - Hurtado, G. H. T1 - Experimental assessing of the rail forces due to bogies´ centre plate friction N2 - The magnitude of the steering forces at the wheel-track Interface depends on different properties and operational conditions linked to the vehicle and to the track, with the bogie´s yaw stiffness/resistance and the friction at the centre plate being recognized as the most influential vehicle factors. In this respect, the negative consequences of high values for yaw resistance have been recognized in terms of the railway accelerated deterioration and on the possibility for derailment. While some theoretical models have been proposed to simulate the effects of the centre plate friction on the railway damage, and experimental measurements have been reported of the turning resistance, no experimental data is available regarding the effect of the friction at the centre plate on the wheel-track forces. In this paper the conceptual design of a testing rig is presented for assessing such forces as a function of the center plate friction. The testing rig quantifies the effects of the friction forces developed at the centre plate, in terms of the loss of potential energy when a scaled-down vehicle travels downwards and tries to return upwards in a “U turn” maneuver. A simplified mathematical model is also proposed in this paper, whose Outputs suggest a significant effect of the dry friction on the magnitude of the steering forces. KW - Centre plate KW - Experimental setups KW - Friction energy KW - Simplified models KW - Curved tracks PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-20130-2 SN - 978-3-030-20131-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20131-9_357 SN - 2211-0984 VL - 73 SP - 3621 EP - 3630 PB - Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 AN - OPUS4-48452 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. A1 - Otremba, Frank T1 - Oblique testing of a partially filled tank on a tilt table N2 - Braking-in-a-turn maneuvers represent a critical operational condition for any vehicle, due to the associated longitudinal and lateral perturbations to which it is subjected, which maximize the load transfer among the different wheels, and result in vehicle´s poor lateral stability and deficient braking performance. In this paper, a suspended vehicle supporting a partially filled 10 litter-capacity container, is set on a tilt table at oblique angles, in order to simulate a braking-in-a-turn maneuver. The measurements are assessed in the time and frequency domains, on the basis of the lateral load transfer ratio and the infrastructure fatigue damage. The outputs from the experiment show that the Minimum fill level (one-quarter), generates the larger lateral load transfer (0.45). Such fill level also causes the greatest ratios for the alternate stress over the mean stress on the infrastructure. The spectral analysis reveals the dominance of one of the sloshing frequencies during such combined perturbation condition. T2 - IFToMM world congress CY - Krakow, Poland DA - 30.06.2019 KW - Sloshing KW - Lateral stability KW - Load transfer KW - Braking-in-a-turn maneuvers KW - Infrastructure damage KW - Experimental approach PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-20130-2 SN - 978-3-030-20131-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20131-9_359 SN - 2211-0984 VL - 73 SP - 3641 EP - 3650 PB - Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 AN - OPUS4-48454 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. ED - Otremba, Frank T1 - A variable friction centre plate N2 - Turning maneuvers performed by railway cars, imply the development of steering forces at the wheel-track interface, whose magnitude depends on a set of properties and operating conditions related to the vehicle and to the infrastructure, including track´s turning radius and vehicle´s yaw resistance. Yaw resistance integrates two components. On the one hand, there is the yaw stiffness, as a function of the different vehicle suspension components. On the other hand, there is the dry friction at the centre plate. Such yaw resistance of the car´s bogies, has a two-contradictory effect on railway performance, as a flexible bogie reduces the level of the steering forces, but at the same time, it increases the probability of having hunting instability. A variable yaw resistance, with high values at straight track segments and low values at curved tracks, seems to be an interesting design. In this paper, a variable friction Center plate is proposed, aiming at maximizing the yaw resistance on straight track segments, and minimizing such resistance at curved tracks. The conceptual design of this device is described, together with its ability to reduce the yaw torque. Benefits of this device, regarding the transport energy consumption and the magnitude of the steering forces, are estimated on the order of 1 to 10, when comparing the proposed design with the standard center plate design. KW - Center plate KW - Steering forces KW - Yaw resistance KW - Yaw stiffness KW - Railway damage KW - Transportation energy PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-20130-2 SN - 978-3-030-20131-9 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20131-9_356 SN - 2211-0984 VL - 73 SP - 3611 EP - 3620 PB - Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 AN - OPUS4-48451 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - A variable friction centre plate N2 - The proposed mechanism is based on a cam design and is independent of any external energy source. Conclusions Issue 1: An accelerated wear tip of the cam shaped journal . Issue 2: The spherical rollers proposed for the bearings would be underused, as the contact force will be downwards, and such bearing has supporting capacity in both vertical directions. T2 - IFToMM world congress CY - Krakow, Poland DA - 30.06.2019 KW - Variable friction KW - Centre plate PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48458 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Experimental assessing of the rail forces due to bogie´s centre plate friction N2 - An experimental model has been proposed to measure the energy losses due to the centre plate friction. The physical principles of the testing are based upon the loss of potential energy during turning. The testing rig includes a variable friction centre plate. A stick slide model was proposed for the centre plate, whose results suggest significant losses of potential energy due to centre plate friction, around 20 %. T2 - IFToMM world congress CY - Krakow, Poland DA - 30.06.2019 KW - Rail forces KW - Bogie´s centre KW - Plate friction PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48459 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Oblique testing of a partially filled tank on a tilt table N2 - Experimental measurements that aimed at characterizing the effect of applying simultaneously longitudinal and lateral perturbations to a partially filled container, on the forces exerted on the infrastructure, by setting the testing vehicle cargo system at an oblique angle on a tilt table. T2 - IFToMM world congress CY - Krakow, Poland DA - 30.06.2019 KW - Oblique testing KW - Filled tank KW - Tilt table PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48460 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Impact of sloshing and non-sloshing cargo N2 - Longitudinal Load transfer light sensitivity to cargo type, fill level and the impact distance. Maximum sloshing effect for the case of the lowest fill level 12 while for half fill level the sloshing cargo performs as a dynamic damper, with a maximum effect of 6 in the case of medium impact input The sloshing effect for the highest fill level yielded a mixed output, with the maximum impact distance producing a positive but moderate effect. T2 - CONiiN XV International Engineering Congress CY - Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Sloshing KW - Non-sloshing KW - Cargo PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48116 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. A1 - Otremba, Frank T1 - Lateral load transfer due to sloshing cargo in partially filled containers N2 - A testing methodology has been proposed in this paper, to compare the load transfer derived from solid and liquid cargoes when the carrying vehicle is subjected to a lateral acceleration in a tilt table. Besides the type of cargo, the other factors (a) One-quarter fill level (b) One-half fill level (c) Three-quarter fill level (d) Fast input considered are the fill level and the rate at which the considered are the fill level and the rate at which the acceleration input is acceleration input is exerted on the vehicleexerted on the vehicle. The acceleration The acceleration input can represent the entering of the carrying vehicle into a input can represent the entering of the carrying vehicle into a curved portion curved portion of of aa road. The testing device integrates the needed components to measure the fourmeasure the four--wheel loads of the wheel loads of the carrying vehicle, while carrying vehicle, while providing different times to attain providing different times to attain aa 10°10° angle angle for the tilt table. for the tilt table. The performance measure selected is significant to assess the rollover trend of a vehicle, on the basis of the wheel loads at both sides of the vehicle. both sides of the vehicle. The outputs from the experiments suggest that the sloshing suggest that the sloshing cargo transfercargo transferss the greater loads, the greater loads, regardless of the fill level and regardless of the fill level and acceleration rate inputacceleration rate input, as a result , as a result of the shifting of the center of of the shifting of the center of gravitygravity of the liquidof the liquid, and of of the the dynamic vibration at the end of dynamic vibration at the end of the perturbation input. In this respect, while the solid cargo the perturbation input. In this respect, while the solid cargo exhibits an initial peak and decay, the exhibits an initial peak and decay, the sloshing cargo exhibits sloshing cargo exhibits several oscillations of the saseveral oscillations of the same magnitude, which is attributed me magnitude, which is attributed to the to the liquid inertia and liquid inertia and to the to the reflection of the surface waves. reflection of the surface waves. A further analysis could supplement this research, to assess supplement this research, to assess the effect of some other factors on the dynamic the effect of some other factors on the dynamic behavior of the behavior of the liquid cargoliquid cargo-vehicle system. Fvehicle system. For example, to analyze the effect or example, to analyze the effect of longitudinal baffles, and to validate theoretical models.of longitudinal baffles, and to validate theoretical models. T2 - IMECE – International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition CY - Salt Lake City, UT, USA DA - 11.11.2019 KW - Transfer KW - Sloshing KW - Cargo KW - Container PY - 2019 SP - 2019-10030 PB - ASME AN - OPUS4-49980 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Lateral load transfer due to sloshing cargo in partially filled containers N2 - A further analysis could supplement this research, to assess the effect of some other factors on the dynamic behavior of the liquid cargo-vehicle system. For example, to analyze the effect of longitudinal baffles, and to validate theoretical models. T2 - IMECE – International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition CY - Salt Lake City, UT, USA DA - 08.11.2019 KW - Transfer KW - Sloshing KW - Cargo KW - Containers PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49979 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Otremba, Frank A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. ED - Otremba, Frank ED - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - Sloshing in Vertical Circular Tanks and Earthquakes Perturbations N2 - A simplified formulation is proposed in this paper to assess the proximity of the earthquake-related Perturbation frequencies to the natural sloshing frequencies of the liquid contained in vertical cylindrical tanks. The methodology is based upon an existing gravity-waves approach, which was developed for rectangular cross-section reservoirs, and is extended in this paper to analyze circular cross-section tanks. The experimental outputs of this paper show that the existing methodology correlates at 100% with experimental data in the case of rectangular containers; while the corresponding average error in the case of a conical container and a cylindrical container is 7% and 9.1 %, respectively. The full diameter of the cross section was considered. The use of sovalidated methodology to full scale tanks, suggests that cylindrical vertical tanks with a capacity lower than 700 m3, could be exposed to a resonance excitation when subjected to earthquake motions, regardless of the fill level. T2 - WCECS 2019 CY - San Francisco, CA, USA DA - 22.10.2019 KW - Sloshing KW - Tanks KW - Earthquake KW - Perturbation PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IA ENG CY - San Francisco AN - OPUS4-49407 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. ED - Otremba, Frank ED - Sklorz, Christian ED - Madrid, M. M. T1 - A convex bottom tank for atmospheric road tankers N2 - The potential benefits to the roll stability of a road tanker, derived from using a convex-bottom tank, instead of a concave-bottom one, are assessed. The convex-bottom tank consists of a modified elliptical figure to which the concave bottom is substituted by a convex one. The concave-bottom consists of an elliptical shape. Static and dynamic analyses are performed, for which the proposed shape revels enhancements on the order of 10%. The static rollover stability factor, and the lateral load transfer ratio, are used as performance measures for the static and the dynamic analysis, respectively. The dynamic analysis derives from a simplified model, for which the sloshing mass is substituted by a calibrated simple pendulum. Other potential benefits of the proposed tank shape are discussed, including a reduction in the aerodynamic drag, and a longer life for the vehicle components. T2 - CONiiN XV International Engineering Congress CY - Santiago de Querétaro, Mexcio DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Conveux KW - Tank KW - Atmospheric PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-48115 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. ED - Otremba, Frank T1 - Impact of sloshing and non-sloshing cargo N2 - The interaction between the sloshing cargo and the carrying vehicle has been predominantly studied from the perspective of road safety, aiming at characterizing the effects of cargo motion on both, the lateral stability of the vehicles and the respective braking performance. In this regard, one main issue is to objectively clarify the potential effects of the sloshing cargoes, when compared with solid or non-sloshing cargoes. While there are abundant theoretical studies about the comparative effects of one substance and the other on the vehicle performance, only few experimental studies have been reported with that approach. In this paper, the outputs from an experimental study involving the longitudinal load transfer of sloshing and non-sloshing cargoes, is presented. The longitudinal load transfer is characterized in this paper on the basis of the moment of the reaction forces at the wheel-support interface, with respect to the impact spot. Results suggest that for one-quarter fill level, the sloshing cargo produces an amplification of the performance measure (12% maximum) while at half fill level the sloshing cargo damps the outputs (6.31 % reduction), while at high fill levels, the sloshing effect is mixed, as a function of the impact input, from -1.1% at low impact distance, to +6.6 for large impact distance. T2 - CONiiN XV International Engineering Congress CY - Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Sloshing KW - Non-sloshing KW - Cargo PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-48117 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - A convex bottom tank for atmospheric road tankers N2 - An analysis has been presented pertaining to the use of a convex bottom tank shape instead of an elliptical, for a road tanker. Two analyses have been made, concerning the static and the dynamic relative performance expectations of such tank shape when compared with the elliptical shape performance. The outputs of both analyses suggest that the level of average benefit due to using the proposed shape, is around 10%, with a maximum benefit observed in the dynamic performance in the case of the minimum fill level. Correlation between static and dynamic outputs. Manufacturing. T2 - CONiiN XV International Engineering Congress CY - Santiago de Queretáro, Mexico DA - 13.05.2019 KW - Conveux KW - Tank KW - Atmospheric PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48114 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. T1 - A computational scheme for assessing driving N2 - The systematization of the analysis, based on the software proposed in this paper, could contribute to integrally improve the sustain ability of the transportation. T2 - Computing Conference 2019 CY - London, UK DA - 15.07.2019 KW - Computational KW - Scheme KW - Assessing KW - Driving PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48587 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Romero-Navarrete, José A. A1 - Otremba, Frank ED - Romero-Navarrete, José A. ED - Otremba, Frank T1 - A computational scheme for assessing driving N2 - The systematization of the analysis, based on the Software proposed in this paper, could contribute to integrally improve the sustainability of the Transportation. KW - Computational scheme KW - Assessing KW - Driving PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-22870-5 SN - 978-3-030-22871-2 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22871-2 SN - 2194-5357 VL - 1 SP - 44 EP - 58 PB - Springer CY - Switzerland AN - OPUS4-48585 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -