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Wheelslide simulator (IM-PS-101)

Last updated on 03 December 2013 9:13

On APT-E train, axle speeds are monitored by a toothed wheel attached to the end of each axle and revolving past a magnetic pick-up mounted on the axlebox at right angles to the axle. When wheelslip occurs, changes of wheelset speed occur which are much more rapid than the...

Author(s): Crawford K. E.

Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;

1972

United Kingdom

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