Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2026, 28(2):B82-B88 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2026.026

The Strength Assessment of the Horizontal Lever in the Brake Transmission of a Freight Wagon Bogie

Juraj Gerlici ORCID...1, Alyona Lovska ORCID...1, *, Vasyl Ravlyuk ORCID...2, Patrik Slu¹ņįk ORCID...1
1 University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic
2 Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport, Kharkiv, Ukraine


In this article are discussed the features of selecting the geometric parameters and calculating the strength of the horizontal lever in the brake lever transmission of a freight wagon bogie. The results of the research show that the greatest stresses are concentrated in the areas where the holes for the rollers are located. Since the design stresses are 22% lower than the permissible value, thus the strength of the horizontal lever is obeyed.

This research results could be useful in the design of modern brake lever transmission systems.

Keywords: railway transport, brake lever transmission system, horizontal lever, strength calculation for a horizontal lever
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This research was supported by the following projects: KEGA 024ZU-4/2024 and VEGA 1/0602/26.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest in relation to this research, whether financial, personal, authorship or otherwise, that could affect the research and its results presented in this paper.

Received: August 8, 2025; Accepted: November 23, 2025; Prepublished online: April 21, 2026; Published: April 24, 2026  Show citation

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Gerlici, J., Lovska, A., Ravlyuk, V., & Slu¹ņįk, P. (2026). The Strength Assessment of the Horizontal Lever in the Brake Transmission of a Freight Wagon Bogie. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 28(2), B82-88. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2026.026
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