10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUBBER-TYRED»
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rubber-tyred in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
rubber-tyred and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Urban Railways and the Civil Engineer
The support wheels do not in themselves provide guidance, so smaller horizontal
wheels, also rubber tyred, were added to the bogies. These bear on fixed vertical
guide rails beside the track. To provide guidance through switches normal ...
2
Engineering Geology and Construction
compacted by sheepsfoot rollers is rather greater than that of soil compacted by
smooth-wheel or rubber-tyred rollers. Rubber-tyred rollers range in weight up to
100 tonnes. The large rollers usually are towed by heavy crawler tractors.
3
Geotechnical Engineering
... Almost none Excellent Crawler-type tractor, rubber-tyred roller 2.00-2.24 steel-
wheeled roller GP Good to Good Fair to good None to very slight Almost none
Excellent Crawler-type tractor, rubber-tyred roller 1.76-2.24 excellent close
control ...
T.N. Ramamurthy, T. G. Sitharam, 2008
4
Engineering Treatment of Soils
The resultant air voids content of soil compacted by sheepsfoot rollers is rather
greater than that of soil compacted by smooth-wheel or rubber-tyred rollers.
Rubber-tyred rollers range in weight up to 100 tonnes. The large rollers are
usually ...
5
Soil Mechanics and Foundations
1.76-2.24 3060 83-1384 excellent very slight none rubber-tyre roller, close
control of moisture d Good to Good Fair to good Slight to Very Fair to poor
Rubber-tyred roller. 2.00-2.32 40-80 8.3-13.84 excellent medium slight
sheepsfoot roller.
Dr. B.C. Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain, 2005
6
Light Transit Systems: Proceedings of the Symposium on the ...
Rubber tyred vehicles 10. The rubber tyred wheel, and particularly the pneumatic
tyred wheel, is a later invention than the steel wheel. With the advent of
macadamised road surfaces and the internal combustion engine, it brought to
road ...
7
Highways, Fourth Edition
The rollers can be self-propelled but, more commonly, they are towed by track or
rubber-tyred tractors with up to three rollers being towed in tandem. The tamping
roller is designed to compact small areas at high load concentrations, and to ...
8
Geotechnical Engineering of Dams
This tendency is a particular problem in high plasticity, fine grained soils placed
wet of optimum; - The compaction water content is less critical than for rubber
tyred rollers, i.e. the shape of the dry density-water content curve is broader for ...
Robin Fell, Patrick MacGregor, David Stapledon, 2005
9
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
t 1.72 1-66 1-60 DYNAMIC STATIC RUBBER-TYRED ROLLER SHEEPSFOOT .
ROLLER Fig. 7.11 1962). 12 14 16 It 20 22 MOISTURE CONTENT. V. DRY
WEIGHT Comparison of optimal lines for various compactions (after Leonards,
With ...
D.L. Shah, A.V. Shroff, 2003
10
Comeng 1: 1921 to 1955:
Weighing only 1 3 500 Ibs (6.1 tonnes), the lightweight, streamlined car, called
the Lafayette, was equipped with a 90 hp (67 kW) French gasoline engine and
Michelin rubber-tyred flanged wheels. the Green Goose which also had rubber-
tyred ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUBBER-TYRED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
rubber-tyred is used in the context of the following news items.
Alstom to deliver three additional metros for Lausanne Line M2 by …
The automatic, ultra-modern metro, the M2 is the world's only rubber-tyred metro capable of operating on a slope with a gradient of 12%. Alstom Transport ... «Railway Technology, May 15»
Kalmar announces double order from ICTSI
The order comprises a total of 42 Ottawa terminal tractors, five reachstackers and two rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Manila International Container ... «Container Management, Apr 15»
Konecranes wins STS and RTG crane orders and delivers heavy …
Once the cranes are operational, the facility will have a total of seven STS cranes and 16 rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes supplied by the manufacturer. «Container Management, Apr 15»
Mombasa port increases capacity
MOMBASA, Kenya – Kenya Ports Authority has acquired 12 rubber-tyred gantries costing KSH 1.9bn for the country's Port of Mombasa as it seeks to boost ... «East African Business Week, Mar 15»
Alstom wins €2bn contract to deliver trains for Paris metro
Alstom's latest-generation, rubber-tyred metro MP14 offers enhanced passenger experience, combines performance, low energy consumption and ease of ... «Railway Technology, Feb 15»
Alstom wins €2bn Paris metro train contract
... and Grand Paris (SGP) have jointly placed a 15-year framework contract with Alstom worth in excess of €2bn for a fleet of 217 MP 14 rubber-tyred metro trains. «International Railway Journal, Jan 15»
French to study rubber-tyred metro train adhesion
SIEMENS and Tisséo, the operator of the VAL light metro in Toulouse, are to conduct a three-year study of the adhesion of rubber-tyred metro trains with a view ... «International Railway Journal, Nov 14»
Kalmar to Supply 4 RTGs to Super Terminais, Brazil
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver four E-One2 Zero Emission rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Super Terminais in Manaus, Brazil. The 8 million USD ... «MarineLink, Aug 14»
Felixstowe: Port to cut emissions with arrival of electric-powered …
The Port of Felixstowe has invested in four electric-powered Rubber-Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGs) to improve both its operational and environmental efficiency. «Ipswich Star, Jun 14»
Konecranes upside down RTG
Unlike traditional rubber-tyred gantry cranes with the drives, hoists and operators cab mounted at ... Konecranes' new rubber-tyred gantry crane - the Boxhunter. «Vertikal.net, Apr 14»
