Crosswind stability of a high-speed train on a high embankment

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

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-225

  Diedrichs, B ^a   Sima, M ^a   Orellano, A ^a   Tengstrand, H ^a  

^a BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Crosswind stability; Train aerodynamics; Train overturning; Wind tunnel testing

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INTEROPERABILITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

CROSSWIND STABILITY; TRAIN AERODYNAMICS; TRAIN OVERTURNING; WIND TUNNEL TESTING;

LOCOMOTIVES;

EID: 34547484270     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409JRRT126     Document Type: Article

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