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Class 373 lifeguard static and dynamic loading tests (LR-VST-93-045)

Last updated on 12 April 2013 2:15

The proposed Class 373 High Speed Channel Tunnel train features a novel type of energy absorbing lifeguard assembly with a shear pin arrangement designed to deform when over-loaded. Load applied to the lifeguard foot is transmitted to shear pins which are designed to deform plastically above a specified load; thus...

Author(s): Bonyad A;Rogers T C

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1994

United Kingdom

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