Project
Effects of transversal wind on the circulation of trains. Determination of limit values
Funding origin:
Spain
STRIA Roadmaps:
Transport infrastructure (INF)
Transport mode:
Rail
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Project website:
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/2008,
End date: 01/12/2009
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
The project fitted with the major ongoing expansion of Spain's high-speed passenger railway network and investigated efficiency and safety issues related to the effects of lateral winds on trains at high speed.
Objectives:
The main aim of this project was to evaluate the effects of side-winds on the circulation of railway vehicles, in order to determine operation limit values of high speed trains.
This involved the definition of the requirements related to railway infrastructure and rolling stock, execution of tests in an aerodynamic tunnel, analysis of aeroelastic phenomena in infrastructures, studying vehicle dynamics and stability, and analysing load combinations and the ride quality.
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