Measurements of the cross wind forces on trains

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 92, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 547-563

  Baker, C J ^a   Jones, J ^b   Lopez Calleja, F ^c   Munday, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^c BMT Fluid Mechanics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Rail Safety and Standards Board   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic admittance; Cross winds; Full scale measurements; Trains; Wind tunnel measurements

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

CROSS WIND FORCES; QUASI-STEADY EFFECTS;

RAILROAD CARS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCE; CROSSFLOW; FULL SCALE TEST; ROUGHNESS; TRAIN; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

EID: 2642577366     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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