Cross-wind effects on road and rail vehicles

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 983-1022

  Baker, Chris ^a   Cheli, Federico ^b   Orellano, Alexander ^c   Paradot, Nicolas ^d   Proppe, Carsten ^e   Rocchi, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION   (Sweden)

^d SNCF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Cross wind effects; Railway accidents; Risk analysis; Road vehicle accidents; Vehicle dynamics; Wind tunnel testing

Indexed keywords

CROSS-WIND; CROSS-WIND EFFECTS; RAILWAY ACCIDENTS; ROAD VEHICLES; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RAIL MOTOR CARS; RAILINGS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROADS; RAILS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY FACTOR; VEHICLES; WIND STRESS; WIND TUNNELS;

RAILROAD TUNNELS;

EID: 73349111248     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110903078794     Document Type: Review

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