General arrangement of yaw limit bracing (IM-SUS-080)

Last updated on 06 December 2013 11:38
The yaw limit bracing is necessary to prevent the wheelsets presenting an angle of attack greater than 1.5° to the rails. Ideally this angle should be controlled by a mechanism connected directly between adjacent wheelsets, but the limited space available makes this impossible. As the wheelset has only limited yaw...
Author(s): Preston K.S.
Organisation(s): British Rail Research ;
1969
United Kingdom
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