@@ -139,6 +139,33 @@ the typical outcomes for bearing temperature heating or cooling effects.
139139A special smoke effect, ``BearingHotboxFX ``, can be added adjacent to the wagon hot box.
140140This will be triggered if the bearing overheats.
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142+ Derailment Coefficient
143+ ----------------------
144+
145+ The derailment coefficient indicates the likelihood that a car or wagon will derail,
146+ and is the ratio of the lateral force to vertical force acting on the wagon. This concept was
147+ first proposed by Nadal.
148+
149+ The higher the coefficient the higher the risk that a derailment will occur. Most railway
150+ companies tend to operate at a coefficient value of less then 0.8 as this gives a desireable
151+ safety margin for the car.
152+
153+ The OR calculated derailment coefficient is displayed in the Force Information HuD. The
154+ coefficient value will change colour to indicate the likelihood of the car derailing. White
155+ indicates normal operation, yellow provides a warning indication, whilst red indicates that
156+ derailment is extremely likely.
157+
158+ Open Rails uses some standard defaults that it uses to calculate the derailment coefficient,
159+ however if the modeler desires greater accuracy the following parameters can be added to the
160+ WAG/ENG file in the wagon section:
161+
162+ ``ORTSLengthBogieCentre `` - length between bogie centres.
163+ ``ORTSLengthCarBody `` - Length between car ends.
164+ ``ORTSLengthCouplerFace `` - length between coupler faces.
165+
166+ ``ORTSNumAxles `` - number of axles on the car.
167+ ``ORTSNumBogies `` - number of bogies on the car.
168+
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144171Adhesion of Locomotives -- Settings Within the Wagon Section of ENG files
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