SAFETY AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS FOR ROUTE-GUIDED HIGH-CAPACITY HIGH SPEED TRAINS WITH CONTACT-FREE SUPPORT

The Federal Ministry for Research and Technology has given MAN a development contract for a safety and emergency system for future high-capacity high-speed trains so that the vehicles can be brought safely to a halt without hazard for the passengers if there is a failure in the power supply or in the support and guidance system. The author describes the preliminary theoretical studies, the detailed initial tests and material investigations as well as the computer calculations. The results of the running tests with the emergency component test carriage developed from these studies were to the full satisfaction of the experts. The report is fully documented with illustrations and test records.

• Corporate Authors:

  Hestra Verlag

  Holzhofallee 33, Postfach 4244
  6100 Darmstadt 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Hamann, L
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 163-166
• Serial:
  • Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Hestra Verlag

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Disasters and emergency operations; High speed ground transportation; Intelligent transportation systems; Magnetic levitation vehicles; Research; Safety; Test vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency procedures; Research and development
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157714
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1977 12:00AM