A simple design procedure for a Dowty equipped yard has been developed. This procedure has been developed from information contained in several papers (see references at the end of the not), and may not coincide with Dowty Co. procedures, if any exist.
This note discusses preliminary thoughts on modifying the SRI developed hump yard profile simulation, PROFILE, to simulate the Dowty retarder system. ...
This note discusses preliminary thoughts on incorporating the logic to represent a conventional retarder yard system into PROFILE. PROFILE is the SRI-...
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