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Well, the material is about all kinds of loads and forces acting on a railcar, so why not?

It's for English-speaking railwaymen. I'm just translating some Russian material into English. So the "force" part is also excessive here? Oops.

Thanks for your reply tiny-tim. I was also thinking about "gross weight force", but... again, I'm not so sure. Though what "P" stands for is really a force due to the weight of a fully loaded railcar - including the weight of the car itself (tare weight) and the weight of its contents (net...

Dear native English speaking professionals! Would someone please advise on the term "gross weight load" - is it possible to use it for gravity force of a fully loaded railcar? I use it in the following context: "Estimated vertical force on one chord section is assumed to be equal to...

Thank you very much. I have another question up my sleeve. :) Dear English-speaking professionals! How do you normally put it when a product is subject to test loads to see it meets all the requirements... if the product successfully passes all the tests and stays undamaged - in this case the...

Thank you! By the way, is there any difference between "subjected to" and "subject to", or it doesn't matter which to use?

Thank you very much! By the "multicycle loading" I meant one particular type of loading being periodically applied to the car. There are no several different loading patterns. So I guess it really is what you call "cyclical loading", which should be the right term for it. And I guess it...

Jee, I seem to have made a fool of myself... :blushing: Loading here refers to loading modes (or types of load, whatever), it doesn't have anything to do with cargo. Sorry, my mistake.

It's more like the second one, thank you very much. The only thing I'm a bit unsure about is the "with". Would "in case of multicycle loading" probably sound better? P.S. Loading here refers to cargo loading/unloading procedures.

I also like the books written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (the Strugatsky Brothers) - two Russian sci-fi authors whose books have been translated to English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_and_Boris_Strugatsky

As a boy, I did like Jules Verne's books. And I still do, to say the truth. :)

Hi everyone. I'm trying to find a proper wording for "Calculations made to show the fatigue resistance of a railcar to which multicycle loading is applied". Would someone please advise how to rephrase the phrase so it sounds good and professional? "Railcar multicycle loading fatigue...

Thank you very much for such a profound explanation! It really helps.

Dear native English-speaking professionals! I am making up an info table concerning railcar operating loads, and I’m a bit stuck with one term - I’m not sure if it sounds comprehensible enough to an Enflish speaking reader. Here is the part I’m struggling over: "Load description: cargo...

:smile: Thank you tiny-tim, that really was an eye-opener! :smile: