A STUDY OF AERODYNAMIC STABILITY OF LOW NOISE PANTOGRAPH

Reduction of noise generated around a pantograph is a requisite for reduction of wayside noise. The paper proposes a low noise pantograph named PEGASUS. This pantograph has an aerodynamically smooth shape without generating a large aerodynamic noise. The greatest difficulty in its development lies in the realization of aerodynamic stability. A panhead supporting mechanism has been contrived to get aerodynamic stability, and its efficiency has been confirmed by some experiments. This paper shows the performance of PEGASUS focusing on its aerodynamic stability.

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  Railway Technical Research Institute

  2-8-38, Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo 185,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Ikeda, M
  • Nagasaka, S
  • Manabe, K
• Publication Date: 1996-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 225-230
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamic noise; Aerodynamic stability; High speed vehicles; Noise sources; Pantographs; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: High speed ground vehicles
• Subject Areas: Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00735727
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 1997 12:00AM