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TILTING TECHNOLOGY: A SOLUTION FOR IMPROVED RAILWAY OPERATIONS

C Cereceda, J Laforgue

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The speed at which trains travel is limited by three fundamental factors: mechanical resistance of track infrastructure; dynamic quality of the vehicles (with regard to derailment and overturn risks and to the levels of wheel/track interaction forces); and passenger comfort, since passengers cannot be subjected to uncomfortable movements or high levels of lateral acceleration while traveling through a curve. This paper explains and describes how tilting trains can operate at higher speeds while maintaining or increasing passenger comfort.

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The speed at which trains travel is limited by three fundamental factors: mechanical resistance of track infrastructure; dynamic quality of the vehicles (with regard to derailment and overturn risks and to the levels of wheel/track interaction forces); and passenger comfort, since passengers cannot be subjected to uncomfortable movements or high levels of lateral acceleration while traveling through a curve. This paper explains and describes how tilting trains can operate at higher speeds while maintaining or increasing passenger comfort.

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The speed at which trains travel is limited by three fundamental factors: mechanical resistance of track infrastructure; dynamic quality of the vehicles (with regard to derailment and overturn risks and to the levels of wheel/track interaction forces); and passenger comfort, since passengers cannot be subjected to uncomfortable movements or high levels of lateral acceleration while traveling through a curve. This paper explains and describes how tilting trains can operate at higher speeds while maintaining or increasing passenger comfort.

Key concepts: Derailment, Train, Track (disk drive), Acceleration, Automotive engineering, Engineering, Ride quality, Transport engineering

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