A EUROPEAN BREAKTHROUGH--20 YEARS' FATIGUE SIMULATED IN ONE MONTH ON AN ENTIRE PASSENGER COACH BODY

PREMIERE EUROPEENNE--LA FATIGUE DE 20 ANS SIMULEE EN UN MOIS SUR UNE CAISSE COMPLETE DE VOITURE A VOYAGEURS

For the first time in Europe a whole passenger coach body was subjected to accelerated fatigue tests. These tests, which simulated 20 years of regular service in one month, were carried out by the Brussels laboratories of the Belgian Association of Industry (AIB). The coach being tested was an Alusuisse prototype of which 1,000 aluminum units had been ordered for the renewal of the Paris Metro rolling stock. The tests confirmed the high fatigue resistance of this type of coach.

• Corporate Authors:

  Interessengemeinschaft der Schweiz, Alumin-Huetten

  Dufourstrasse 31
  Ch-8008 Zurich,   Switzerland 
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 278-279
• Serial:
  • Schweizer Alumin Rundschau/Revue Suisse de Alumin
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Interessengemeinschaft der Schweiz, Alumin-Huetten

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum cars; Fatigue tests; Light vehicles; Passenger cars; Rapid transit cars; Subways; Test facilities; Vehicle design
• Identifier Terms: Paris Metro
• Geographic Terms: Paris (France)
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172001
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1981 12:00AM