In addition to an increased competitiveness in western markets, a Czech Republic rail engineering specialist has discovered that improved design quality is not the only benefit gained from their adoption of simulation technology.
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Publication Date: February 2003 The principle of a resilient railway wheel (equipped with rubber elements between the wheel centre and the tyre) has been known and applied for some time.
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Publication Date: February 2003 Vapor Rail has signed a contract valued at $US 6 million with the Korean car builder Rotem Company.
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Publication Date: February 2003 Lateral tilting is primarily employed to enhance passenger comfort. The lateral acceleration produced in curves is reduced by tilting the car body towards the inside of the curve.
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Publication Date: February 2003 Swiss Federal Railways SBB ordered a total of 42 emus type fast light innovative regional train (FLIRT) for the use on the rapid transit lines of Zug and Basel.
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Publication Date: February 2003 The Talgo 350 is currently being built for the Spanish operator RENFE. It will cut the travelling time from Madrid to Barcelona by more than half.
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Publication Date: February 2003 Designing railway passenger transport is one of the most complex tasks facing the engineering designer today. Conveying occupants from place to place may be the prime consideration, but the design has to fulfil many other criteria. Eric Russell reports.
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Publication Date: August 2002 Internationally there seems to be a lively market for new designs of passenger rolling stock with all major companies offering many examples of their latest work. Most designs have their own individual features and each refurbishment seems to include new ideas so the travelling public is being considered more than ever. Eric Russell reports.
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Publication Date: August 2002 Richard T Durham reports on how cable supplies can help reduce the weight of traction vehicles without reducing overall performance and safety.
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Publication Date: August 2002 Vossloh Schienenfahrzeugtechnik GmbH (VSFT), owner of the locomotive division of the former company Krupp MaK, has moved with its assembly shop for diesel locomotives - as well as with the commissioning shop and the design department - into the former production shop of Leopard battle tanks with its design offices under the same roof.
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Publication Date: August 2002 Dr Christoph Heine and Gerd Matschke report on the use of computational fluid dynamics to plot wake flow behind qqqhigh speed trains.
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Publication Date: August 2002 Matthias Schwartze looks at the development of the gauge change wheelset DB AG/RAFIL type V (European patent qqqNo 0 873 930 B1).
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Publication Date: August 2002 In 1991 the Italian State railways (FS) decided to cancel the commercial traffic on the 61km long line from Merano to Malles in the Val Venosta in Northern Italy. The province of Bolzano decided to revitalise the line.
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Publication Date: August 2002 In the disproportionately growing Chinese cities with over a million inhabitants the infrastructure for local passenger traffic will be considerably enhanced over the next years.
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