Motorail car windscreen failures - development and testing of an imp act absorbing pad (IM-AERO-089)

Last updated on 26 July 2013 2:39
During the 1974 Motorail season there was a high incidence of car windscreen failures on the 40m/s West Coast Main line services. A series of investigations have shown that missiles were the most likely cause of the failures. This has led to the development of an impact absorbing pad for...
Author(s): Pope C.W.
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1975
United Kingdom
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