High-speed rail vehicle provided with a streamlined nose

• Main Authors: ALEXANDER ORELANO, HARNACK LARS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.02.2016
• Subjects: BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RAILWAYS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING

A rail vehicle (10) has a central segment (12) of substantially constant cross-sectional area and a nose (14) of varying cross-sectional area. The nose (14) consists of a tip segment with a front or rear end (16) of the rail vehicle and an intermediate segment with external side walls (30), a roof (26) and an inclined wall (32) provided with a windshield (24). The vehicle has a bogie (28) at least partially located in the nose (14). The windshield (26) is located between the end (16) and the bogie (28). The nose (14) is divided by a horizontal reference plane (Y-Y) in an upper part (14U) and a lower part (14L). A median line of wall (32) has a slope of more than 35 degrees and less than 60 degrees. Each side wall (30) includes a lower side wall part (30L) and an upper side wall part (30U). The upper side wall part (30U) is inwardly offset with respect to the lower side wall part (30L) and makes with the vertical longitudinal plane (X-X) a substantially constant angle (gamma).