Wheelslip requirements for p-train brakes and traction equipment (IM-PS-107A)

Last updated on 03 December 2013 9:12
Issue B of "Specification for brakes - A.P.T. Prototypes" (IMECH6) contains the broad requirement (which was arrived at subjectively) that "In response to wheelslide signals all adhesion brakes must release to 10% of full brake force in less than 1 second". This memorandum attempts to quantify more rigorously the...
Author(s): Crawford K.E.
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1972
United Kingdom
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