FEATURES OF FREIGHT CARS OPERATION WITHIN THE RAILWAYS OF MYANMAR
[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)]. ABSTRACT Needs for freight transportation, which increased in the period of serious political and economic re­forms, which began in 2011, demanded from the government of Myanmar to carry out systemic changes in transport sector. Long-term programs of railways' modernization, strengthening of their re­source base and technical equipment were taken. Within the expected changes the authors analyze the condition of country's rolling stock fleet, features of its use. At the same time as a separate characteristic problem wear of center plate arrangement depending is considered regarding different types of freight cars. KEYWORDS: transport system, railway, Myanmar, freight cars, center plate, center pad, contact pressure, wear.  REFERENCES 1.Myanmar Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation [electronic resource].Access mode: http://www.moai.gov.mm/.Last accessed 16.09.2015. 2.Myanmar Ministry of Commerce [electronic resource].Access mode: http://www.commerce.gov.mm/.Last accessed 16.09.2015. 3.Myanmar Ministry of Mines [electronic resource].Access mode: http://www.mining.gov.mm/.Last accessed 16.09.2015. 4.Cars: design theory and calculation [Vagony: konstrukcija, teorija i raschjot].Ed.by Shadur, L. A. Moscow, Transport publ., 1980, 439 p. 5.Myanmar Railways [electronic resource].Access mode: http://myanmarailways1877.com/.Last accessed 16.09.2015. 6.Voronin, N.N., Savrukhin, A.V., Pavlov, V.G.et al.The calculated estimate of tribological properties of structural materials of heavy-loaded friction units of freight cars [Raschjotnaja ocenka tribologicheskih harakteristik konstrukcionnyh materialov tjazhjolonagruzhennyh uzlov trenija gruzovyh vagonov].Problemy mashinostroenija i nadjozhnosti mashin, 1998, Iss.2, pp.66-71. 7.Myanmar Ministry of Rail Transportation [electronic resource]. Accessmode: http: //www.ministryofrailtransportation.com/.Last accessed 16.09.2015. 8.Voronin, N.N., Voronin, N.N.(Jr), Zin Aye Min.Tear and Wear of Center Plate Units of Rail Tanks.World of Transport and Transportation, Vol.11, 2013, Iss.1, pp.30-35. 9.Voronin, N.N., Voronin, N.N.(Jr), Zin Aye Min.Contact Pressure in Cylindrical Surfaces of Center Plate Arrangement.World of Transport and Transportation, Vol.12, 2014, Iss.1, pp.58-63. 10.Voronin, N.N., Voronin, N.N.(Jr), Zin Aye Min.Running In of Cylindrical Surface of Center Plate Units of Cars.World of Transport and Transportation, Vol.12, 2014, Iss.3, pp.14-17.