The aerodynamic forces generated by trains travelling at high speed can result in car body vibration, snow build-up on bogies and flying ballast, as well as pressure waves in tunnels. Sanetoshi Saito* describes recent research in this field at Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute.
Enhancing high-speed train aerodynamics
The aerodynamic forces generated by trains travelling at high speed can result in car body vibration, snow build-up on bogies and flying ballast, as well as pressure waves in tunnels. Sanetoshi Saito* describes recent research in this field at Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute.
RTRI is using a model train and crushed walnut shells to investigate snow build-up on bogies.
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