Reducing the Air Resistance of Vehicles

Last updated on 11 June 2018 2:51
The running resistance of a train, which increases as it runs faster, consists of rolling resistance, which is proportional to the train speed, and air resistance, which is proportional to the square of the train speed. With high-speed trains like Shinkansen, most of the running resistance is accounted for by...
Author(s): Atsushi IDO
Organisation(s): RTRI ;
2018
Japan
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