Everything about Control car
Unpowered railway or tramway car with a driver's cab
A control car is a non-powered rail vehicle from which a train can be operated. As dedicated vehicles or regular passenger cars, they have one or two driver compartments with all the controls and gauges required to remotely operate the locomotive, including exterior locomotive equipment such as horns, bells, ploughs, and lights. They also have communications and safety systems such as GSM-R or European Train Control System (ETCS). Control cars enable push-pull operation when located on the end of a train opposite its locomotive by allowing the train to reverse direction at a terminus without moving the locomotive or turning the train around. Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: Special investigation reportThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control studyCited 9,435 times
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📖 Definitions
Noun A non-powered railroad car, equipped with a driver's cabin, front lights and other equipment required for a locomotive, allowing a train to be controlled from the rear end without turning a locomotive at the end of the line.
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study
Fuzzy control of model car
Robust control prevents car skidding
A Smart Car Control Model for Brake Comfort Based on Car Following
A hybrid-control approach for pendulum-car control
A Quarter-Car Suspension System: Car Body Mass Estimator and Sliding Mode Control
Adaptive PID control scheme for full car suspension control
Small-molecule control of CAR T cells
🆕 Influential since 2022
Methods of Liposomes Preparation: Formation and Control Factors of Versatile Nanocarriers for Biomedical and Nanomedicine Application
Bispecific BCMA/CD24 CAR-T cells control multiple myeloma growth
Activation-inducible CAR expression enables precise control over engineered CAR T cell function
Longitudinal car-following control strategy integrating predictive collision risk
Automatic Weight Determination in Model Predictive Control for Personalized Car-Following Control
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Special investigation reportUnited States. National Transportation Safety Board. · 1978
Forward DriveJim Motavalli · 2000- 📕Safety on RailroadsUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce · 1971
- 📕Missouri Pacific's computerized freight car scheduling systemMissouri Pacific Railroad Company · 1978
The electric carM. H. Westbrook · 1968- 📕IEEE standard for the functioning of and interfaces among propulsion, friction brake, and train-borne master control on rapid transit vehicles · 1999
- 📕Building and racing radio control cars and motorcyclesGeorge G. Siposs · 1978
Taxidermy and museum exhibitionRowley, John · 1925
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