RTRI REPORT December 1999

The Wind Tunnel Tests on Aerodynamic Characteristics of Train/Vehicles Due to Cross Winds

Katsuji TANEMOTO, Minoru SUZUKI, Tatsuo MAEDA


  The aerodynamic characteristics of train/vehicles due to cross winds depend not only on configurations of train/vehicles but also on those of infrastructures (bridges, embankments and others). The cross wind velocity to overturn train/vehicles depends on the aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicles, wind direction and train speed. This paper briefly describes test results, classifies typical configurations of train/vehicles, infrastructures and aerodynamic characteristics of each of typical train/vehicles on infrastructures investigated by wind tunnel tests.



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