TRANSAERO — A European Initiative on Transient Aerodynamics for Railway System Optimisation

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Technology Acquisition through the Research Framework Programmes of the European Union....Pages 3-9
The TRANSAERO Project....Pages 11-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Full Scale Tests on Side Wind Effects on Trains. Evaluation of Aerodynamic Coefficients and Efficiency of Wind Breaking Devices....Pages 27-38
Wind Monitoring System for Full Scale Tests on Trains....Pages 39-45
The wind tunnel determination of crosswind forces and moments on a high speed train....Pages 46-60
Numerical study of the turbulent flow around the reduced-scale model of an Inter-Regio....Pages 61-74
Numerical Computation of 3—D Turbulent Flow Around High—Speed Trains Under Side Wind Conditions....Pages 75-86
WP1 Side Wind Effects: Summary and Conclusions....Pages 87-97
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Full scale measurements on high speed train Etr 500 passing in open air and in tunnels of Italian high speed line....Pages 101-122
1/25 Scale Moving Model Tests for the TRANSAERO Project....Pages 123-135
Part 1 : Panel Method Applied to the Prediction of Unsteady Effects Caused by High-speed Trains Passing in the Open Air....Pages 136-147
Part 2 : Panel Method Applied to Problems of European High-speed Train Interoperability....Pages 148-159
Application of the Standard Aeronautical CFD Method FLOWer to Trains Passing on Open Track....Pages 160-169
Transaero Work Package 3: Trains Passing Effects — Summary and Conclusions....Pages 170-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Full Scale Tests on Pressure Wave Effects in Tunnels....Pages 187-195
Reduced-scale experiments for railway applications....Pages 196-205
Reduced scale Simulation of the Compression wave Generated by the Entry of a High-Speed Train into a Tunnel....Pages 206-216
Application of the Standard Aeronautical CFD Method FLOWer to ETR500 Tunnel Entry....Pages 217-224
Numerical Simulation of the Pressure Wave Generated when a Train Enters a Tunnel....Pages 225-238
Numerical Investigation of Tunnel Extensions Attenuating the Pressure Gradient Generated by a Train Entering a Tunnel....Pages 239-248
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
An overview of wave propagation in tunnels....Pages 249-266
Experimental analysis of the propagation of pressure waves in tubes....Pages 267-275
Train/tunnel geometry effects on the compression wave generated by a high-speed train....Pages 276-289
Experimental Investigation of the Micro Pressure Wave....Pages 290-301
Measures for the Reduction of the Micro Pressure Wave....Pages 302-320
Numerical Investigation of the Micro Pressure Wave....Pages 321-341
1-d Calculations of Pressure Fluctuations Outside and Inside a Pressure Sealed High-Speed Trainset Travelling through Tunnels....Pages 342-357
1-d Calculations of Pressure Changes due to Passage of an ETR 500 through the Terranuova le Ville Tunnel....Pages 358-365
TRANSAERO Work Package 4: Pressure Wave Effects....Pages 367-377
Erratum to: The TRANSAERO Project....Pages 381-381
Back Matter....Pages 379-381