Tests on a 1/5th scale model APT-P moving through a cross-wind (TM-AERO-035)

Last updated on 28 June 2013 11:19
This note describes the "Pendine Experiment", in which a l/5th scale model APT-P, consisting of a driving trailer and half-length second vehicle, was propelled along a test track through a natural cross-wind. The dynamic pressure and yaw angle of the resultant wind, and the aerodynamic forces on the body shell...
Author(s): Cooper R.K.
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1979
United Kingdom
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