TRANSAERO

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. General

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Technology Acquisition through the Research Framework Programmes of the European Union

      • Dietrich Knörzer

      Pages 3-9

   3. The TRANSAERO Project

      • Burkhard Schulte-Werning

      Pages 11-24

3. Side Wind Effects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Full Scale Tests on Side Wind Effects on Trains. Evaluation of Aerodynamic Coefficients and Efficiency of Wind Breaking Devices

      • Gerd Matschke, Christoph Heine

      Pages 27-38

   3. Wind Monitoring System for Full Scale Tests on Trains

      • H. Lienhart

      Pages 39-45

   4. The wind tunnel determination of crosswind forces and moments on a high speed train

      • C. J. Baker

      Pages 46-60

   5. Numerical study of the turbulent flow around the reduced-scale model of an Inter-Regio

      • C. Fauchier, E. Le Dévéhat, R. Grégoire

      Pages 61-74

   6. Numerical Computation of 3—D Turbulent Flow Around High—Speed Trains Under Side Wind Conditions

      • W. Khier, M. Breuer, F. Durst

      Pages 75-86

   7. WP1 Side Wind Effects: Summary and Conclusions

      • Gerd Matschke

      Pages 87-97

4. Trains Passing Effects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

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   2. Full scale measurements on high speed train Etr 500 passing in open air and in tunnels of Italian high speed line

      • Giampaolo Mancini, Antonio Malfatti

      Pages 101-122

   3. 1/25 Scale Moving Model Tests for the TRANSAERO Project

      • T. Johnson, S. Dalley

      Pages 123-135

   4. Part 1 : Panel Method Applied to the Prediction of Unsteady Effects Caused by High-speed Trains Passing in the Open Air

      • T. Bérenger, A. Kessler, R. Grégoire

      Pages 136-147

   5. Part 2 : Panel Method Applied to Problems of European High-speed Train Interoperability

      • T. Bérenger, R. Grégoire

      Pages 148-159

   6. Application of the Standard Aeronautical CFD Method FLOWer to Trains Passing on Open Track

      • K. Pahlke

      Pages 160-169

   7. Transaero Work Package 3: Trains Passing Effects — Summary and Conclusions

      • Rémi Gregoire

      Pages 170-184

5. Pressure Wave Effects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. Full Scale Tests on Pressure Wave Effects in Tunnels

      • Gerd Matschke, Christoph Heine

      Pages 187-195

This volume entitled "TRANSAERO - A European Initiative on Transient Aerodynamics for Railway System Optimisation" contains the results of the contributors during the project th symposium which took place in Paris, France, on 4th and 5 May 1999 hosted by the International Union of Railways, UIC. This symposium was organised within the framework of the BRITE/EURAM project "TRANSAERO" under contract BRPR-CT9S-0067. The project has been co-financed by the European Union within the Fourth Research Framework Programme. More than 100 participants followed the invitation to the symposium. This great response shows the continuing interest in a relevant topic of railway technology and offered us the opportunity to present the recent results of intense European collaboration to the international community of railway aerodynamic experts. In the last few decades, mobility in Europe, based on automobiles for individual traffic and lorries for freight traffic, has grown more and more; yearly growth rates of more than 10% have often been reported by statistics. Even with a fully developed construction programme for motorways and similar high-performance roads, these growth rates cumulated over the years cannot easily be handled in an environment-friendly way. The European Commission has therefore given distinct political signals to get more passengers onto the railways. This policy represents a clear challenge for the next few decades for European railway companies: the considerable increase in mobility in a Europe with falling borders will cause a doubling of the traffic volume within the next 10 to 20 years.

• Cross-Wind Effects
• Pressure Wave Effects
• Railway Aerodynamics
• Time-dependent
• Trains-Passing Effects
• aerodynamics
• optimization

• DB Systemtechnik, Deutsche Bahn AG, Munchen, Germany

  Burkhard Schulte-Werning, Gerd Matschke

• Direction de la Recherche et de la Technologie, Sociètè National de Chemin de Fer Francais, Paris Cedex 08, France

  Rémi Grégoire

• Unita Tecnologie Materiale Rotabile, FS-Trenitalia Spa, Firenze, Italy

  Antonio Malfatti

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