Reinforced hopper car structure

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B61D 7/00 (2006.01) B61D 7/02 (2006.01) B61D 17/12 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2238851

A hopper car is described that is a thin shelled integrated structure having a roof and a pair of sidewalls. This structure is subject to longitudinal tensile and compressive loads, and to a partial internal vacuum during unloading. Local buckling phenomena and collapse due to the partial vacuum need to be resisted. The roof assembly has lateral stiffeners to maintain its profile, and a reinforced, roll formed longituding coaming.

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