Aerodynamic loads on trackside structures, passing trains and people
Abstract
This chapter considers the aerodynamic loads caused by passing trains on trackside structure, people and other trains. These loads are of two forms – pressure loads and slipstream loads. Pressure loads are considered first and then the ways of quantifying the peak-to-peak pressure transients are described. The use of full-scale measurements, physical model measurements and CFD calculations to calculate these transients are then described, and the role of simple analytical methods are discussed. A range of correlations of pressure load data from standards is then presented, primarily concerned with loads on vertical structures next to the track and horizontal ...
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