A Copper sleeved solid rotor for taim - mechanical appraisal of the concept and the problems experienced with it (IM-STR-075)

The squirrel cage type of rotor used in the TAIM wheelset presents inherent mechanical design problems and has a relatively high manufacturing cost. As part of the overall TAIM programme, therefore, it was decided to investigate the performance of much simpler rotors based on a solid steel tube. To this...