Aerodynamic Resistance of Trains Running Through a Tunnel

by Miro? Pirner, Czechoslovak Acad of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic,
Ond?ej Fischer, Czechoslovak Acad of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic,
Ji?? N?prstek, Czechoslovak Acad of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic,
Josef Plechat?, Czechoslovak Acad of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: High Speed Ground Transportation Systems I: Planning and Engineering

Abstract:

In what follows, some previously published results and formulae have been combined in order to obtain an applicable tool for evaluating the energy consumption of trains in tunnel as a function of tunnel cross-section and length.

Subject Headings: Tunnels | Railroad trains | Aerodynamics | Rail transportation | Load and resistance factor design | Rapid transit systems | Energy consumption

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