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Re: 'The Great Train Race'
- To: Christian Legeland <clegelan@physik.uni-bielefeld.de>
- Subject: Re: 'The Great Train Race'
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 02:25:12 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- References: <35a0acd8.14188590@news.ozemail.com.au> <mauried.221.35A15515@commslab.gov.au> <6nrkrl$npc10@atbhp.corpmel.bhp.com.au> <35a162dc.60596524@news.adfa.oz.au> <6ns68p$bbp$1@metro.usyd.edu.au> <35A9DDC4.41C6@physik.uni-bielefeld.de> <35AA01C6.F0C590C8@ozemail.com.au> <35ADC50D.41C6@physik.uni-bielefeld.de>
- Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au
Christian Legeland wrote:
> David Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Christian Legeland wrote:
> >
> > > Curve radius for Transrapid is 1/2 of ICE/TGV Curve radius at equal
> > > speed.
> >
> > What happens to passenger comfort?
>
> Nothing, you will sit as comfortable as in your car, or chair, or
> whatever you like.
>
> Ref to the article Mon 14.04 in aus.rail.
>
> The guideway will be build in a way that no radial acceleration occurs
> to the passenger at normal cruising speed.
> So the coffee in a cup on a table in a TR will remain 'flat'.
True, there will not be any lateral movement, however, by doubling the speed
around a curve, and increasing the super-elevation, the "vertical" G-foces will
increase also. It will make it difficult to walk if it is too excessive.
--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/