Tilting train
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 A Japanese KiHa 283 series tilting DMU, which can tilt up to 8° (6° in normal operation) |
A tilting train is a train that has a mechanism enabling increased speed on regular rail tracks. As a train (or other vehicle) rounds a curve at speed, objects inside the train experience centrifugal force. This can cause packages to slide about or seated passengers to feel squashed by the outboard armrest due to its centripetal force, and standing passengers to lose their balance. Tilting trains are designed to counteract this discomfort. In a curve to the left the train tilts to the left to compensate for the g-force push to the right, and vice versa. The train may be constructed such that inertial forces cause the tilting (passive tilt), or it may have a computer-controlled power mechanism (active tilt).
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- Related: FM P-12-42
| Queensland High Speed Line Queensland High Speed Line www.railway-technology.com/projects/queensland/ - Web |
| Tilting Trains Tilting Trains www.o-keating.com/hsr/tilt.htm - Web |
| Pendolino Pendolino www.railway-technology.com/projects/italy/ - Web |
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| Photos of Japanese trains — some tilting Photos of Japanese trains — some tilting www.jrtr.net/jrtr08/pdf/photo.pdf - Web |
| Amtrak accelerates at last Amtrak accelerates at last www.travelandleisure.com/.../invoke.cfm?objectID=CA07F993-C17D-43E4-A432EBF2120ED267 - Web |
| Ride Comfort and Motion Sickness in Tilting Trains Ride Comfort and Motion Sickness in Tilting Trains www.diva-portal.org/kth/abstract.xsql?dbid=2985 - Web |
| Tilting train photography Tilting train photography www.flickr.com/groups/pendolino/ - Web |
