Assessment of train running safety on bridges: a literature review

PA Montenegro, H Carvalho, D Ribeiro, R Calçada… - Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Train running safety is a major concern among railway engineers, since a derailment may
cause significant personal and material damages. This problem becomes more important if …

Impact vibration behavior of railway vehicles: a state-of-the-art overview

L Jing, K Wang, W Zhai - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2021 - Springer
Excessive vibrations of railway vehicles induced by dynamic impact loadings have a
significant impact on train operating safety and stability; however, due to the complexity and …

Mitigating crosswind effect on high-speed trains by active blowing method: a comparative study

ZW Chen, YQ Ni, YW Wang, SM Wang… - … of Computational Fluid …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
To reduce the crosswind effect on high-speed trains, in this paper, by using the Improved
Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (IDDES) method and the SST k− ω turbulence model, a …

Full-scale tests of unsteady aerodynamic loads and pressure distribution on fast trains in crosswinds

H Gao, T Liu, H Gu, Z Jiang, X Huo, Y Xia, Z Chen - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Unsteady aerodynamic loads have a significant influence on the running safety of a train in
crosswinds. Full-scale tests were carried out to measure the pressure on a fast streamlined …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing the aerodynamic drag of high-speed trains by air blowing from the nose part: Effect of blowing speed

ZW Chen, GZ Zeng, YQ Ni, TH Liu, JQ Niu… - Journal of Wind …, 2023 - Elsevier
To reduce the aerodynamic drag of high-speed trains, this work proposes an air blowing
configuration on the head and tail cars of high-speed trains. The variation in the …

Wind tunnel testing on a train model subjected to crosswinds with different windbreak walls

SA Hashmi, H Hemida, D Soper - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Crosswind stability of high-speed trains has been a prominent research topic for several
decades, primarily motivated by the frequent rail-related accidents under strong crosswinds …

Aerodynamic influences of bogie's geometric complexity on high-speed trains under crosswind

Z Guo, T Liu, Z Chen, Y Xia, W Li, L Li - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The geometries of bogies have a significant influence on the aerodynamic performances of
high-speed trains (HSTs) in crosswinds, especially for wind tunnel tests. The delayed …

Impact of vacuum degree on the aerodynamics of a high-speed train capsule running in a tube

Y Sui, J Niu, P Ricco, Y Yuan, Q Yu, X Cao… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Motivated by the growing scientific and engineering interest in evacuated tube railway
transportation systems, in this paper we numerically study the influence of the vacuum …

Aerodynamic performance and dynamic behaviors of a train passing through an elongated hillock region beside a windbreak under crosswinds and corresponding …

Z Chen, T Liu, W Li, Z Guo, Y Xia - Journal of Wind Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on unsteady simulations and decomposed sliding mesh technology, train
aerodynamic and dynamic behaviors near an elongated hillock beside a windbreak under a …

[HTML][HTML] Aerodynamic characteristics of double-connected train groups composed of different kinds of high-speed trains under crosswinds: A comparison study

XS Huo, TH Liu, ZW Chen, WH Li, JQ Niu… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
As train speeds continuously increase, the crosswind stability of high-speed trains (HSTs)
has been a prominent research topic. Benefiting from advances in railway technology, the …