Study of the strength of a removable module with a container when loading it into an open wagon

Alyona Lovska (), Juraj Gerlici, Ján Dižo, Miroslav Blatnický and Pavlo Rukavishnykov
Additional contact information
Alyona Lovska: Department of Transport and Handling Machines, University of Žilina Žilina, Slovak Republic

Cognitive Sustainability, 2025, vol. 4, issue 2, 58-69

Abstract: The main goal of this article is to present the design of a removable module that facilitates transportation of containers in open wagons. This module functions as an intermediary adapter between a wagon body and a container, and it ensures their reliable interaction. The loading of the removable module with the container into an open wagon is provided by suspended or other types of loading and unloading devices. Appropriate calculations were made to study the strength of the removable module during loading and unloading operations. The movement of the removable module using steel ropes and a spreader was considered. The calculation of the strength of the removable module was carried out in the SolidWorks Simulation software, which implements the finite element method. It was established that the strength of the removable module is ensured within the considered load schemes. The results of the conducted research will contribute to increasing the efficiency of container transportation by rail and to the development of a modular vehicle design.

Keywords: railway transport; design adaptation; removable module, structural load; container transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N74 O14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/CogSust/article/view/20509/16912 (application/pdf)
-

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bcy:issued:cognitivesustainability:v:4:y:2025:i:2:p:58-69

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.CogSust.com/

DOI: 10.55343/CogSust.125

Access Statistics for this article

Cognitive Sustainability is currently edited by Prof. Mate ZOLDY

More articles in Cognitive Sustainability from Cognitive Sustainability Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Prof. Mate ZOLDY ().