Running resistance - Results and analysis of full-scale tests with passenger and freight trains in Sweden

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-193

  Lukaszewicz, P ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air drag; Axle load; Coasting energy method; Full scale tests; Resistance coefficient; Rolling resistance; Running resistance; Train length

Indexed keywords

AXLES; DRAG; LOCOMOTIVES; PASSENGER CARS; POLYNOMIALS;

AIR DRAG; COASTING ENERGY METHOD; FULL-SCALE TESTS; RESISTANCE COEFFICIENT; RUNNING RESISTANCE; TRAIN LENGTH;

ROLLING RESISTANCE;

EID: 34547430413     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409JRRT89     Document Type: Article

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