Safety of High-Speed Ground Transportation Systems: The Aerodynamics Effects of High-Speed Trains on People and Property at Stations in the Northeast Corridor

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• Alternative Title:
  The Aerodynamics Effects of High-Speed Trains on People and Property at Stations in the Northeast Corridor
• Creators:
  Liao, S. ; Mosier, P. ; Kennedy, W. ; Andrus, D.
• Corporate Creators:
  Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development ; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aerodynamics
  • High speed rail
  • Railroad stations
  • Testing
  • Aerodynamic force
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Passenger transportation
  • Railroad transportation
  • Rapid transit
  • Safety engineering
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FRA-99-11 ; DOT/FRA/ORD-99/12
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Eastern States
• Edition:
  Final report; Jan 1998-Jan 1999
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development
• Abstract:
  This report presents the results of a study to evaluate the aerodynamic (air velocity and pressure) effects of the new high-speed trains on the safety and comfort of people and the impacts on physical facilities in and around Northeast Corridor stations. This report focuses particularly on the effects at "non-express-stop" stations, i.e., stations where the trains are not scheduled to stop and will thus pass the stations at potentially higher speeds than current operations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS57-97-D-00030 ; RR963/R9061
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9460/dot_9460_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.51 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3c26d523572efdbf25cf2b926c822f90bfa63e00edb547beb20715c36b99ef6f