OVERVIEW OF SOME PROBLEMS IN GROUND TRANSPORTATION

Aerospace skill capabilities are applied to problem areas such as: Station spacing and passenger comfort; vehicle size and headway and power requirements as impacted by vehicle-guideway interaction; suspension dynamics in the context of ride quality and the trade between guideway roughness and suspension sophistication; propulsion and power in the context of electric systems for minimum on-line noise and pollution; guideways in the context of system cost sensitivity to configuration and stiffness requirements and interaction with other system elements; and control and communications in the context of high capacity, fail safe traffic control.

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• Authors:
  • Gravitz, S I
• Publication Date: 1972-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 385-392
• Serial:
  • Journal of Aircraft
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • ISSN: 0021-8669
  • Serial URL: https://arc.aiaa.org/journal/ja

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rapid transit
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044495
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 15 1974 12:00AM