Field Tests and Wind Tunnel Tests on Aerodynamic Characteristics of Train/Vehicles under Crosswinds
Natural winds are turbulent flows and boundary layers exist near the surface of the actual ground, so that there is a possibility that the aerodynamic forces acting on train/vehicles from natural winds differ from uniform flows. Accordingly, full-scale models of a train/vehicle and a viaduct were constructed in a windy area, and wind characteristics and aerodynamic forces acting on the vehicle models were measured. Wind tunnel tests were conducted to simulate the turbulent boundary layer flow, and these test results agreed well with field tests.
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Authors:
- SUZUKI, Minoru
- HIBINO, Yu
- Publication Date: 2016
Language
- English
- Japanese
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References;
- Pagination: pp 55-60
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Serial:
- Quarterly Report of RTRI
- Volume: 57
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute
- ISSN: 0033-9008
- EISSN: 1880-1765
- Serial URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/rtriqr/-char/en
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Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Crosswinds; Field tests; Railroad trains; Wind tunnels
- Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01594615
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Files: TRIS, JSTAGE
- Created Date: Mar 29 2016 9:35AM