[Stijn D.C.]

Hello,

In Belgium & Holland there have been made consists for do record (longest passenger train of the world).

Holland have do this with 60 passenger cars, In Belgium we have do this with 70 passenger cars.


In Openrails train wil not moving. ( Brakes are full released, .eng/.wag files are ok )

First i was think that it was becauze of friction so i have use:
ORTSStandstillFriction ( 3400 )
ORTSMergeSpeed ( 0.869698 )
ORTSBearingType ( Friction )

on it.

1 car have a weight of +/- 40tonnes

From the Belgium version i know that he have 1hour driving with speed of 80km/h

If i uncouple cars too fifty/fifty of this train = 35 cars than he will depart realy slowly.

On old movie of this depart in Real for this Class 27 it was no problem to pull this train.

In OpenRails it is 234kN & 4380kW => 0km/h. :-(


When i have download the Holland cars befor i have update .wag files with right weights ( 41t ) the train was moving, but that comes becauze MSTS engineering was do with weight of 27t.


With right values in case weight this train wil not moving too :-(.


I have this test with and without ORTSTractiontable too.


The real weight of Belgian record train was 2786tonnes


I hope someone have solution for this.

[copperpen]

The train will not move because the total friction of the train when stopped is more than the locomotive can pull.

[Stijn D.C.]

Hello,

Here is screenshot with full traction:

[Stijn D.C.]

After youre tip in case friction i have change on locomotive & cars:

ORTSStandstillFriction ( 3400 )

to:

ORTSStandstillFriction ( 10 )

And now the train departs :-)

But what is best way to calculate ORTSStandstillFriction?

For:

ORTSDavis_A ( 1051.39 )
ORTSDavis_B ( 27.6402 )
ORTSDavis_C ( 0.475130 )
ORTSBearingType ( Roller )

I use Fcalc

Friction of MSTS is not exist on my .eng/.wag files with ORTSDavis values.

For ORTSStandstillFriction & ORTSMergeSpeed i want know best way for get values that match with real realism.

In my case is this for European locomotives & railcars.


In advance thanks,

Stijn

[NickonWheels]

For a 41 tonne wagon with roller bearings try

ORTSStandstillFriction ( 854.407009 )
ORTSMergeSpeed ( 0.232751 )

In this setup the presence of ORTSBearingType ( Roller ) is not neccesary as it is overwritten.

This should bring the starting resistance of the whole train to something about 58-65kN which is possible to start with 234kN tractive force.

For more information consider downloading the friction calculator made for these lines, available here at ET/utilities.

[Stijn D.C.]

NickonWheels, on 07 April 2021 - 03:18 AM, said:

For a 41 tonne wagon with roller bearings try

ORTSStandstillFriction ( 854.407009 )
ORTSMergeSpeed ( 0.232751 )

In this setup the presence of ORTSBearingType ( Roller ) is not neccesary as it is overwritten.

This should bring the starting resistance of the whole train to something about 58-65kN which is possible to start with 234kN tractive force.

For more information consider downloading the friction calculator made for these lines, available here at ET/utilities.

Hello,

I have found ORTS friction program on this forum, and i have update most of my .wag files and .eng files with this program.
You know this program, because it is from you (youre post ) :-)

Before i was use Fcalc, but Fcalc only gives Davis ABC and MSTS friction.

Now that train drives up too more of 100 km/h :-) after 40km, so that is good.

In real they have not reach the 80km/h and reostatic brake was disabled too. ( speedlimits, and security, imporant was too, that locomotive gives 1houre traction too for this record.

[vince]

I believe there is a big difference between European and American couplers . . . slack.

A train using link coupling (most all in Europe) is effectively rigidly coupled, meaning the entire train must start as the engine(s) start to move.

In America all couplers except passenger trains have built in slack making sense of the answer the BNSF engineer (driver) gave me when I asked her,"How do you start a heavy freight train?"
Her answer was "One car at a time"

I've watched a lot of driver views of European trains and the one thing that interested me was I've never seen a freight consist in Europe exceeding 50 wagons! Fact is most European freight consists I've viewed were 25 to 35 wagons.

This makes sense when considering the type of coupling used. Link coupling = no slack. This seriously limits train length..
I don't 'know' if the link couplers (no slack ) are in use in all countries but MSTS did indeed make allowance for them in the wag file parameter:
CouplingHasRigidConnection – set this to 1 for wagons that have rigid, rather than flexible couplings. ref:MSTS Tech Docs

regards,
vince


regards,
vince

[Rj Zondervan]

That you don't see trains exceeding 50 waggons in Europe has a number of reasons, one of them is that a lot of cargo corridors in Europe are crowded with not only cargo, but also passenger trains (the Dutch main railway network has a minimum of two trains per hour per direction, but that is (vastly) exceeded in most cases), but another reason is that by regulation, link couplers (or screw couplers) are required to be tensioned until a semi-rigid coupler has been established. This is mostly because slack on these couplers will eventually result in the coupler breaking. We see however some heritage railways that neglect to tension the coupler properly, but that is rare.
For trains that exceed the maximums of the screw coupler an automatic coupler is used (C-AKv), this is less prone to breaking, but I am not sure if it allows for slack to happen.

So, in short, it is not because the link couplers don't allow for slack, it is because of the crowdedness of the network, and because link couplers can create serious havoc if they are slacked.

[darwins]

I always seem to forget that ET can host files.

Here is another alternative friction calculator. It does not offer starting friction, but it allows you to choose from a range of alternative values used by different railways depending on the type of vehicle.

Friction Calculator


It also includes a document detailing published measurements of resistance from different countries.

There are none specifically from Holland or Belgium, but these are from France (M is mass in tonnes):

For Passenger Carriages on Bogies (Profilidis)
ORTSDavis_A = 14.7 M
ORTSDavis_B = 0
ORTSDavis_C = 0.0282 M

For Standard UIC Passenger Carriages (Allenbach et al)
ORTSDavis_A = 15 M
ORTSDavis_B = 0
ORTSDavis_C = 0.0272 M

For Standard UIC Passenger Carriages (Profilidis)
ORTSDavis_A = 12.3 M
ORTSDavis_B = 0
ORTSDavis_C = 0.0202 M

For Corail Passenger Carriages (Allenbach et al)
ORTSDavis_A = 12.5 M
ORTSDavis_B = 0
ORTSDavis_C = 0.0194 M


From Swiss Railways:

For Voiture légère Passenger Carriages:
ORTSDavis_A = 14.7 M
ORTSDavis_B = 0.154 M
ORTSDavis_C = 0.0278 M

[Stijn D.C.]

Hello,

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Maybe you know the Eurostar TMST ( Class 373 )

With ORTS Friction i get this values: ( Motorcar Front/Back )

comment ( 67.8 metric tons / 4 axles / 11.9064 square meters )
ORTSDavis_A ( 974.602044 )
ORTSDavis_B ( 8.111936 )
ORTSDavis_C ( 1.426268 )
ORTSStandstillFriction ( 1130.317955 )
ORTSMergeSpeed ( 0.261022 )
ORTSBearingType ( Low )

With Fcalc:





+ Point with Fcalc is that you can select for what you need data, in this case High Speed train.

- point is that you can not use many numbers after decimals like ORTS friction can be do.


With ORTSDavis_A ( 974.602044 ) it is hard to get 300km/h on 0% profile

With ORTSDavis_A ( 621.82 ) i get this 300km/h on aceptabel time ( TMST in Belgium have 18 passengercars on it, so it is normal that it needs time for get 300kmh )



Greetz,

Stijn