Impact considerations and performance for FRP on British rail (paper presented at the British plastics federation 12th reinforced plastics congress 'markets for the 80's,' Brighton, Sussex, England, 25-27 November 1980) (TM-PDU-081)

British Rail has been developing applications for glass reinforced plastics (GRP) in rolling stock for about 30 years, mainly for decorative and semi-structural applications. The requirements, for relatively short runs of components with complex shape, have provided the spur for increasing the use of these materials. Thus, GRP has become...